THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2024-2878
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2024-2878

Gitlab vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
19.3%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
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.
Affected vendor
Gitlab
Affected product
Gitlab
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Published
2025-02-05

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 19.3% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2024-2878

  • Confirm whether Gitlab Gitlab is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2024-2878.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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