Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification) in GitLab (CVE-2024-1947)
A denial of service (DoS) condition was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 13.2.4 before 16.10.6, 16.11 before 16.11.3, and 17.0 before 17.0.1. By leveraging this vulnerability an attacker could create a DoS condition by sending crafted API calls.
Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification) in GitLab (CVE-2024-1947)
Description
A denial of service (DoS) condition was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 13.2.4 before 16.10.6, 16.11 before 16.11.3, and 17.0 before 17.0.1. By leveraging this vulnerability an attacker could create a DoS condition by sending crafted API calls.
Affected software
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Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Osv Id
- BIT-gitlab-2024-1947
- Osv Schema Version
- 1.5.0
- Aliases
- ["CVE-2024-1947"]
- Ecosystems
- ["Bitnami"]
- Database Specific Severity
- Medium
Threat ID: 6aa329a391cc7f3848d1c732
Added to database: 09/10/2026, 22:05:23 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 22:05:23 UTC
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