# CVE-2024-12379: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab

> CVE-2024-12379: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab. CVSS 6.5 (CVSS 3.1).

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2024-12379
Last updated: 2026-06-17T06:59:36Z

- Published: 2025-02-12 15:02 UTC · Updated: 2026-06-17 06:59 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: 0.51%, 43th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: no
- CWE: CWE-770

## Description

A denial of service vulnerability in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 14.1 prior to 17.6.5, 17.7 prior to 17.7.4, and 17.8 prior to 17.8.2 allows an attacker to impact the availability of GitLab via unbounded symbol creation via the scopes parameter in a Personal Access Token.

## 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-2024-12379)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12379)
- [https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/508559](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/508559)
- [https://hackerone.com/reports/2871791](https://hackerone.com/reports/2871791)

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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2024-12379 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2024-12379.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2024-12379 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T03:12:57.549Z