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gitlab, gitlab-agent — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3917

Denial of Service in pipelines affecting all versions of Gitlab EE and CE prior to 16.2.8, 16.3 prior to 16.3.5, and 16.4 prior to 16.4.1 allows attacker to cause pipelines to fail.

Products
gitlab, gitlab-agent
Affected versions
14.1.0-1, 16.1.3-2, 16.1.3-2build1, 8.4.3+dfsg-12, 8.4.3+dfsg-9, 8.5.8+dfsg-5
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2023-3917
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 01:04 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3917

core-osv · Original source

Published 29 Sept 2023, 07:15 UTC

Denial of Service in pipelines affecting all versions of Gitlab EE and CE prior to 16.2.8, 16.3 prior to 16.3.5, and 16.4 prior to 16.4.1 allows attacker to cause pipelines to fail.

osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3917

gitlab

Fixed versions: Not specified

gitlab-agent

Fixed versions: Not specified

gitlab-agent

Fixed versions: Not specified

gitlab-agent

Fixed versions: Not specified

gitlab-agent

Fixed versions: Not specified

Complete source record
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