title: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in GitLab
description: An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 15.11 prior to 16.2.2 which allows an attacker to spike the resource consumption resulting in DoS.
problem types: CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
affected:
{
vendor: GitLab
product: GitLab
repo: git://git@gitlab.com:gitlab-org/gitlab.git
versions:
version: 15.11, status: affected, lessThan: 16.2.2, versionType: semver
defaultStatus: unaffected
}
metrics:
format: CVSS
scenarios: GENERAL
cvssV3_1: [
version: 3.1
vectorString: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
attackVector: NETWORK
attackComplexity: LOW
privilegesRequired: LOW
userInteraction: NONE
scope: UNCHANGED
confidentialityImpact: NONE
integrityImpact: NONE
availabilityImpact: LOW
baseScore: 4.3
baseSeverity: MEDIUM
]
solutions: Upgrade to version 16.2.2