CVE-2020-13315 Denial of service in GitLab
An attacker can cause a denial of service by requesting excessive results on the profile activity page in GitLab.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2020-13315?
CVE-2020-13315 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Gitlab Gitlab, published on 14 Sep 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability was discovered in GitLab versions before 13.1.10, 13.2.8 and 13.3.4. The profile activity page was not restricting the amount of results one could request, potentially resulting in a denial of service.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-13315?
1 open source package ship an affected version, including gitlab. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
gitlab Bitnami | From 11.4.0 | 13.1.10, 13.2.8, 13.3.4 |
Products include Gitlab Gitlab.
How do I fix CVE-2020-13315?
Upgrade gitlab to a fixed version for your release line: 13.1.10, 13.2.8 or 13.3.4.
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-2020-13315 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-13315 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- 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 BIT-gitlab-2020-13315, GHSA-hcwc-2gm5-v9g6, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-13315.