PT-2024-14946 · Gitlab · Gitlab Ce/Ee

CVE-2023-6386 · Published 2024-02-07 · Updated 2025-08-05

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GitLab CE/EE versions 15.11 through 16.6.6 GitLab CE/EE versions 16.7 through 16.7.4 GitLab CE/EE versions 16.8 through 16.8.1

Description A denial of service issue was identified in GitLab CE/EE, which allows an attacker to increase the resource usage of the GitLab instance, resulting in service degradation.

Recommendations For GitLab CE/EE versions 15.11 through 16.6.6, update to version 16.6.7 or later. For GitLab CE/EE versions 16.7 through 16.7.4, update to version 16.7.5 or later. For GitLab CE/EE versions 16.8 through 16.8.1, update to version 16.8.2 or later.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Allocation of Resources Without Limits

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-770

Related Identifiers

BDU:2025-05790

BIT-GITLAB-2023-6386

CVE-2023-6386

Affected Products

Gitlab Ce/Ee

References · 15

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/6xxx/CVE-2023-6386.json · Exploit
• 🔥 https://hackerone.com/reports/2261581 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6386 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-gitlab-2023-6386 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-6386 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-6386 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-6386 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6386 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-05790 · Security Note
• https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/02/07/security-release-gitlab-16-8-2-released/#redos-in-ci/cd-pipeline-editor-while-verifying-pipeline-syntax · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/110075 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/17280 · Telegram Post
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/433147 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1887074124431863911 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cveNotify/131001 · Telegram Post