CVE-2024-1066 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab

Medium 6.5 Published 7 Feb 2024 Updated 2 Jun 2026

An attacker can cause resource exhaustion in GitLab EE via the GraphQL vulnerabilitiesCountByDay query, 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-2024-1066?

CVE-2024-1066 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Gitlab Gitlab, published on 7 Feb 2024. 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 EE affecting all versions from 13.3.0 prior to 16.6.7, 16.7 prior to 16.7.5, and 16.8 prior to 16.8.2 which allows an attacker to do a resource exhaustion using GraphQL `vulnerabilitiesCountByDay`

Weakness: CWE-770

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1066?

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

Package	Affected	Fixed in
`gitlab` Bitnami	From `13.3.3`	`16.6.7, 16.7.5, 16.8.2`

Products include Gitlab Gitlab.

How do I fix CVE-2024-1066?

Upgrade gitlab to a fixed version for your release line: 16.6.7, 16.7.5 or 16.8.2.

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-2024-1066 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1066 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as BIT-gitlab-2024-1066, GHSA-89x8-fvq4-x5w3, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-1066.