Denial of Service Vulnerability in GitLab by GitLab Inc.
CVE-2024-13054

6.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Gitlab
Status
Gitlab
Vendor
CVE Published:
13 March 2025

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

Summary

In GitLab CE/EE, a denial of service vulnerability has been identified, impacting systems running versions prior to 17.7.7, 17.8 from 17.8.0 to 17.8.4, and 17.9 from 17.9.0 to 17.9.1. This vulnerability could potentially allow an attacker to initiate a system reboot under specific conditions, posing significant risks to service availability. It is crucial for users to update their instances to mitigate any risks associated with this issue.

Affected Version(s)

GitLab 0 < 17.7.7

GitLab 17.8 < 17.8.5

GitLab 17.9 < 17.9.2

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

CVE-2024-13054 - Proof of Concept

References

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/511004
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https://hackerone.com/reports/2911928
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Thanks [sim4n6](https://hackerone.com/sim4n6) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program
.