CVE-2024-8041

MEDIUM 6.5 ALL-YEARS

Published 2024-08-22 · Last modified 2024-08-29 · GitLab · NVD: Analyzed

A Denial of Service (DoS) issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions prior to 17.1.6, 17.2 prior to 17.2.4, and 17.3 prior to 17.3.1. A denial of service could occur upon importing a maliciously crafted repository using the GitHub importer.

LIMITED SIGNALS

No known exploitation, public exploit, or elevated probability at this time. Track for changes.

Exploitation likelihood

0.5%chance of exploitation in 30 days · 40th percentile

○ In CISA KEV○ Catalogued PoC◆ SSVC: exploitation none, automatable no

Impact if exploited

6.5CVSS 3.1 · MEDIUM · CNA

ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityHigh

What an attacker needs

✓Access: Reachable over the network — no local access needed
⚠Privileges: Requires a low-privilege account
✓User interaction: No user interaction needed
✓Complexity: No special conditions — reliably repeatable

✓ lowers the bar for an attacker · ⚠ raises it

Proof of concept

No public PoC is currently catalogued.

Search for new PoCs

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Tracked sources are checked weekly for the full archive, including PoCs published after the original disclosure. A later release appears after a tracked source lists it and a refresh succeeds.

Data snapshot: 2026-10-26T04:59:11.116Z

Affected

Vendors Gitlab

Products Gitlab

Weakness (CWE)

CWE-400: : Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CVSS vector

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

References and research data (JSON)

Known Affected Software Configurations

Vendor	Product	Version range
Gitlab	Gitlab	< 17.1.6
Gitlab	Gitlab	≥ 17.2.0 and < 17.2.4
Gitlab	Gitlab	≥ 17.3.0 and < 17.3.1
Gitlab	Gitlab	< 17.1.6
Gitlab	Gitlab	≥ 17.2.0 and < 17.2.4
Gitlab	Gitlab	≥ 17.3.0 and < 17.3.1

All CVSS metrics

MEDIUM 6.5 v3.1 · CNA Primary
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
MEDIUM 6.5 v3.1 · NVD Secondary
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Exploit-tagged references (not proof of a PoC)

https://hackerone.com/reports/2499070 technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-requiredPermissions RequiredCVE record · GitLab · Updated 2024-08-29T15:05:01.304Z
NVD · CVE-2024-8041 · Updated 2026-06-17T08:21:44.847

Advisories

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2024-48898 ADVISORYEUVD · EUVD-2024-48898

Technical & other

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/463092 issue-trackingpermissions-requiredBroken LinkCVE record · GitLab · Updated 2024-08-29T15:05:01.304Z
NVD · CVE-2024-8041 · Updated 2026-06-17T08:21:44.847

Sources: NVD · CVE.org · All sources and attribution · EPSS