cve/2023/CVE-2023-5825.md

### [CVE-2023-5825](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5825)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=GitLab&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=16.2%3C%2016.3.6%20&color=brighgreen)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=CWE-400%3A%20Uncontrolled%20Resource%20Consumption&color=brighgreen)

### Description

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.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds