title: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in GitLab
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`
problem types: CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
affected:
{
vendor: GitLab
product: GitLab
repo: git://git@gitlab.com:gitlab-org/gitlab.git
versions:
version: 13.3.3, status: affected, lessThan: 16.6.7, versionType: semver
version: 16.7, status: affected, lessThan: 16.7.5, versionType: semver
version: 16.8, status: affected, lessThan: 16.8.2, 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:H
attackVector: NETWORK
attackComplexity: LOW
privilegesRequired: LOW
userInteraction: NONE
scope: UNCHANGED
confidentialityImpact: NONE
integrityImpact: NONE
availabilityImpact: HIGH
baseScore: 6.5
baseSeverity: MEDIUM
]
solutions: Upgrade to versions 16.6.7, 16.7.5, 16.8.2 or above.