CVE-2024-1947: Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification) in GitLab

Published May 22, 2024
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Updated

A denial of service (DoS) condition was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 13.2.4 before 16.10.6, 16.11 before 16.11.3, and 17.0 before 17.0.1. By leveraging this vulnerability an attacker could create a DoS condition by sending crafted API calls.

Other sources

A denial of service (DoS) condition was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 13.2.4 up to 16.10.6, 16.11 up to 16.11.3, and 17.0 up to 17.0.1. By leveraging this vulnerability an attacker could create a DoS condition by sending crafted API calls. This is a medium severity issue (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L, 4.3). It is now mitigated in the latest release and is assigned CVE-2024-1947.

GitLab

Affected Software

6 affected components
GitLab GitLab>=13.2.4<16.10.6
GitLab GitLab>=13.2.4<16.10.6
GitLab GitLab>=16.11.0<16.11.3
GitLab GitLab>=16.11.0<16.11.3
GitLab GitLab=17.0.0
GitLab GitLab=17.0.0

Remediation

Information

Upgrade to versions 16.10.6, 16.11.3, 17.0.1 or above.

Event History

May 23, 2024
CVE Published
via MITRE·11:02 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·11:02 AM
RemedyDescriptionSeverityWeakness
Apr 22, 2026
Data Sourced
via GitLab·08:52 AM
DescriptionSeverity

Peer vulnerabilities

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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2024-1947?

CVE-2024-1947 is classified as a high severity denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.

2

How do I fix CVE-2024-1947?

To mitigate CVE-2024-1947, upgrade GitLab to a version that is 16.10.6 or higher, 16.11.3 or higher, or 17.0.1 or higher.

3

What versions of GitLab are affected by CVE-2024-1947?

CVE-2024-1947 affects GitLab CE/EE versions from 13.2.4 before 16.10.6, 16.11 before 16.11.3, and 17.0 before 17.0.1.

4

Can CVE-2024-1947 lead to data loss?

CVE-2024-1947 primarily causes a denial of service, disrupting system availability but not leading to direct data loss.

5

What types of attacks does CVE-2024-1947 enable?

CVE-2024-1947 enables attackers to create a denial of service condition by sending crafted API calls.

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