CVE-2023-1072 Denial of service in GitLab

Medium 4.3 Published 9 Mar 2023 Updated 28 Feb 2025

Attackers can cause resource depletion in GitLab by exploiting improper filtering on commit detail requests, leading to denial of service.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2023-1072?

CVE-2023-1072 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Gitlab Gitlab, published on 9 Mar 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 9.0 before 15.7.8, all versions starting from 15.8 before 15.8.4, all versions starting from 15.9 before 15.9.2. It was possible to trigger a resource depletion attack due to improper filtering for number of requests to read commits details.

Weakness: CWE-400

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-1072?

1 open source package ship an affected version, including gitlab. It affects 1 product.

Package	Affected	Fixed in
`gitlab` Bitnami	From `9.0.0`	`15.7.8, 15.8.4, 15.9.2`

Products include Gitlab Gitlab.

How do I fix CVE-2023-1072?

Upgrade gitlab to a fixed version for your release line: 15.7.8, 15.8.4 or 15.9.2.

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-2023-1072 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-1072 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as BIT-gitlab-2023-1072, GHSA-jp4w-5rwv-5wmh, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-1072.