{"id":"CVE-2023-5963","title":"Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab","summary":"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…","severity":"low","cvss":3.1,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L","cvssSource":"cna","cwe":["CWE-770"],"vendor":"GitLab","product":"GitLab","affected":["GitLab >= 13.9 < 16.3.6","GitLab >= 16.4.0 < 16.4.2","GitLab >= 16.5.0 < 16.5.1"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2024-08-29T20:45:18.819304Z"},"published":"2023-11-06","updated":"2026-10-11","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-11T04:17:03.445Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5963","references":[{"url":"https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/423468","label":"GitLab Issue #423468"}],"tags":["cve.org"],"epss":0.00484,"epssPercentile":0.40165,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-15T01:08:04.253Z","slug":"CVE-2023-5963","body":"## Overview\n\nAn 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.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `GitLab >= 13.9 < 16.3.6`\n- `GitLab >= 16.4.0 < 16.4.2`\n- `GitLab >= 16.5.0 < 16.5.1`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade to version 16.3.6, 16.4.2, 16.5.1 or above.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":17,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":17.1,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}