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.

Related CVEs

CVE-2023-0921

Key Information

GHSA ID

GHSA-p96p-59v7-xxp6

Published

June 6, 2023 6:30 PM

Last Modified

April 4, 2024 4:36 AM

CVSS Score

5.0 /10

Primary Ecosystem

Unknown

Primary Package

Unknown

GitHub Reviewed

✗ No

Dataset

Last updated: August 3, 2025 6:48 AM

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