CVE-2023-5825
Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') in GitLab
CVSS Score
6.5
EPSS Score
0.2%
EPSS Percentile
38th
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 16.2 before 16.3.6, all versions starting from 16.4 before 16.4.2, all versions starting from 16.5 before 16.5.1. A low-privileged attacker can point a CI/CD Component to an incorrect path and cause the server to exhaust all available memory through an infinite loop and cause Denial of Service.
| CWE | CWE-835 |
| Vendor | gitlab |
| Product | gitlab |
| Ecosystems | |
| Industries | Technology |
| Published | Nov 6, 2023 |
| Last Updated | Apr 29, 2026 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Affected Versions
GitLab / GitLab
16.2 < 16.3.6 16.4 < 16.4.2 16.5 < 16.5.1
References
Credits
Thanks [blakbat](https://hackerone.com/blakbat) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program