# CVE-2023-6386: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab

> CVE-2023-6386: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab. CVSS 6.5 (CVSS 3.1).

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2023-6386
Last updated: 2026-06-17T06:50:39Z

- Published: 2025-02-05 09:31 UTC · Updated: 2026-06-17 06:50 UTC · Assigner: GitLab
- CVSS: 6.5 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: Medium · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS: 0.53%, 45th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: no
- CWE: CWE-770

## Description

A denial of service vulnerability was identified in GitLab CE/EE, affecting all versions from 15.11 prior to 16.6.7, 16.7 prior to 16.7.5 and 16.8 prior to 16.8.2 which allows an attacker to spike the GitLab instance resource usage resulting in service degradation.

## Affected vendors and products

- GitLab: GitLab

## Tracked companies

- [GitLab](https://rewindex.com/company/gitlab.md)

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6386)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6386)
- [https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/433147](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/433147)
- [https://hackerone.com/reports/2261581](https://hackerone.com/reports/2261581)

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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2023-6386 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2023-6386.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2023-6386 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T02:15:26.364Z