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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2024-8233 json

Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity in GitLab

published 2024-12-12 22 mo ago modified 2026-09-08 2 mo ago also BIT-gitlab-2024-8233 , EUVD-2024-49593

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.8%
EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 55%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 9.4 before 17.4.6, 17.5 before 17.5.4, and 17.6 before 17.6.2. An attacker could cause a denial of service with requests for diff files on a commit or merge request.

Patch / fix

  • bitnami gitlab 17.4.6, 17.5.4, 17.6.2
  • GitLab GitLab 17.4.6, 17.5.4, 17.6.2

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
22 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.76% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 55% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • hackerone.com https://hackerone.com/reports/2650086 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • gitlab.com https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/480867 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
OSV 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
bitnami gitlab
>=9.4.0, <17.4.6
>=17.5.0, <17.5.4
>=17.6.0, <17.6.2
17.4.6
17.5.4
17.6.2

Affected products

  • GitLab GitLab

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-407 Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity
Technology feeds

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.