CVE-2023-5825

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5825
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-5825.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-5825
Aliases
Downstream
Published
2023-11-06T10:30:38.334Z
Modified
2025-11-30T11:26:36.728234Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') in GitLab
Details

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.

Database specific 
{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/5xxx/CVE-2023-5825.json",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-835"
    ],
    "cna_assigner": "GitLab"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab
Events
Introduced
3adc0fe6e7c163bedd7faa5f0c4d1e5fbb6bf3c5
Fixed
128862473d18a7df991090bb25688a8c81fcb0fe
Database specific 
{
    "versions": [
        {
            "introduced": "16.2"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "16.3.6"
        }
    ]
}
Type
GIT
Repo
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab
Events
Introduced
e4c1c182610739c1b1d10a8eacbea1f5aa837ad6
Fixed
385b9a2727ad972efe1fcdca3a61c447329ecd09
Database specific 
{
    "versions": [
        {
            "introduced": "16.4"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "16.4.2"
        }
    ]
}
Type
GIT
Repo
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab
Events
Introduced
fc87c9d4cca1536abcf902b4128f5c2004d87162
Fixed
55da9ccb652fcf67641114264ecded0dab88f4dc
Database specific 
{
    "versions": [
        {
            "introduced": "16.5"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "16.5.1"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

v16.*

v16.4.0-ee
v16.4.1-ee
v16.5.0-ee

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-5825.json"