CVE-2024-2878

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-2878
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-2878.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2024-2878
Aliases
Downstream
Published
2025-02-05T12:21:10.806Z
Modified
2026-04-10T05:11:33.242253Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab
Details

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 15.7 prior to 16.9.7, starting from 16.10 prior to 16.10.5, and starting from 16.11 prior to 16.11.2. It was possible for an attacker to cause a denial of service by crafting unusual search terms for branch names.

Database specific 
{
    "cna_assigner": "GitLab",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/2xxx/CVE-2024-2878.json",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-770"
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab
Events
Introduced
bbf6efd2bedaef0d5c2112998a2a34534cc740bb
Fixed
6878f253b7b50c8e6217ebfd03717b5e5ea960a4
Database specific 
{
    "versions": [
        {
            "introduced": "15.7"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "16.9.7"
        }
    ]
}
Type
GIT
Repo
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab
Events
Introduced
053df647320e7cac5c255f9e07264a0c35548409
Fixed
f5974fc8f24e7033135f5b0d4f77b68886b2e298
Database specific 
{
    "versions": [
        {
            "introduced": "16.10"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "16.10.5"
        }
    ]
}
Type
GIT
Repo
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab
Events
Introduced
22834294718a25956b0a859c8eed72248300eeee
Fixed
d210b947e3e51eebcbb24a9152f5c68f7e2b1d58
Database specific 
{
    "versions": [
        {
            "introduced": "16.11"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "16.11.2"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

v16.*
v16.10.0-ee
v16.10.3-ee
v16.11.0-ee

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-2878.json"