GitLab CE/EE CPU Saturation Vulnerability via Large Issue Description in GraphQL

GitLab CE/EE CPU Saturation Vulnerability via Large Issue Description in GraphQL

CVE-2023-0921 · MEDIUM Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

A lack of length validation in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 8.3 before 15.10.8, 15.11 before 15.11.7, and 16.0 before 16.0.2 allows an authenticated attacker to create a large Issue description via GraphQL which, when repeatedly requested, saturates CPU usage.

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