CVE-2018-15472 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause GitLab Sidekiq jobs to hang indefinitely via malicious diffs, leading to service disruption.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2018-15472?
CVE-2018-15472 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Gitlab Gitlab, published on 15 Apr 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.1.7, 11.2.x before 11.2.4, and 11.3.x before 11.3.1. The diff formatter using rouge can block for a long time in Sidekiq jobs without any timeout.
Weakness: CWE-770
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-15472?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Gitlab Gitlab.
How do I fix CVE-2018-15472?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2018-15472 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-15472 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Gitlab Gitlab
- CVE-2026-97229 GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition Integer Overflow or Wraparound
- CVE-2026-85706 GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition Path Traversal
- CVE-2023-7028 GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Improper Access Control
- CVE-2021-22205 GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2021-39935 GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wm64-hhrx-w2h7, MINI-23p3-8vp5-5w2h, MINI-4xj4-cxx8-chc4, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-15472.