Denial of Service Vulnerability in GitLab CE/EE
CVE-2024-8973

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Gitlab
Status
Gitlab
Vendor
CVE Published:
9 May 2025

What is CVE-2024-8973?

A vulnerability has been identified in GitLab CE/EE that allows an attacker to create a denial of service (DoS) condition through crafted GitHub import requests. This issue affects various versions of GitLab, specifically those from 17.1 to 17.9.7, 17.10 to 17.10.5, and 17.11 to 17.11.1. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability by sending specially designed payloads, which may overwhelm the system's capabilities, leading to service interruptions.

Affected Version(s)

GitLab 17.1 < 17.9.8

GitLab 17.10 < 17.10.6

GitLab 17.11 < 17.11.2

References

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/491041
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https://hackerone.com/reports/2711684
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Thanks [a92847865](https://hackerone.com/a92847865) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program
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CVE-2024-8973 : Denial of Service Vulnerability in GitLab CE/EE