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Status published
Low
CVE-2023-5963
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab
Vulnerability Description
An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE with Advanced Search affecting all versions from 13.9 to 16.3.6, 16.4 prior to 16.4.2 and 16.5 prior to 16.5.1 that could allow a denial of service in the Advanced Search function by chaining too many syntax operators.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:
- This vulnerability was found internally by GitLab.
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Vulnerable Versions:
13.9, 16.4.0, 16.5.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
November 6th, 2023
Last Modified:
June 4th, 2026
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L