{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2024-2878","details":"An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 15.7 prior to 16.9.7, starting from 16.10 prior to 16.10.5, and starting from 16.11 prior to 16.11.2. It was possible for an attacker to cause a denial of service by crafting unusual search terms for branch names.","modified":"2025-10-24T05:06:43Z","published":"2025-02-05T13:15:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2024-2878"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-2878"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-2878"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/05/08/patch-release-gitlab-16-11-2-released/"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/451918"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://hackerone.com/reports/2416356"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"gitlab","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/gitlab@8.5.8+dfsg-5?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["8.4.3+dfsg-9","8.4.3+dfsg-12","8.5.8+dfsg-5"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"gitlab","binary_version":"8.5.8+dfsg-5"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2024/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-2878.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}