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CVE-2024-2454 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

Attackers can cause denial of service in GitLab via crafted requests to the pins endpoint, requiring immediate upgrade.

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-2024-2454?

CVE-2024-2454 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Gitlab Gitlab, published on 9 May 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 CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 15.11 prior to 16.9.7, starting from 16.10 prior to 16.10.5, and starting from 16.11 prior to 16.11.2. The pins endpoint is susceptible to DoS through a crafted request.

Weakness: CWE-770

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-2454?

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

PackageAffectedFixed in
gitlab BitnamiFrom 15.11.016.9.7, 16.10.5, 16.11.2

Products include Gitlab Gitlab.

How do I fix CVE-2024-2454?

Upgrade gitlab to a fixed version for your release line: 16.9.7, 16.10.5 or 16.11.2.

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-2024-2454 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-2454 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as BIT-gitlab-2024-2454, GHSA-6mjw-gpqr-2788, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-2454.

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