CVE-2019-20146 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause uncontrolled resource consumption in GitLab, leading to denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-20146?
CVE-2019-20146 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Gitlab Gitlab, published on 13 Jan 2020. 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 Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE) 11.0 through 12.6. It allows Uncontrolled Resource Consumption.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-20146?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Gitlab Gitlab.
How do I fix CVE-2019-20146?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-20146 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
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-2019-20146 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-20146 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- 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-5px4-prjg-wgwv.