CVE-2021-22166 : An attacker could cause a Prometheus denial of service in GitLab 13.7+ by sendin

An attacker could cause a Prometheus denial of service in GitLab 13.7+ by sending an HTTP request with a malformed method

Published 2021-01-15 16:15:13

Updated 2021-01-21 20:46:53

Source GitLab Inc.

View at NVD, CVE.org

Vulnerability category: Denial of service

Products affected by CVE-2021-22166

Gitlab » Gitlab » Enterprise Edition
Versions from including (>=) 13.7.0 and before (<) 13.7.2
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
Matching versions
Gitlab » Gitlab » Community Edition
Versions from including (>=) 13.7.0 and before (<) 13.7.2
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
Matching versions

EPSS FAQ

0.13%

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History

~ 49 %

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

Base Score	Base Severity	CVSS Vector	Exploitability Score	Impact Score	Score Source
5.0	MEDIUM	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P	10.0	2.9	NIST
Access Vector: Network Access Complexity: Low Authentication: None Confidentiality Impact: None Integrity Impact: None Availability Impact: Partial
5.3	MEDIUM	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L	3.9	1.4	GitLab Inc.
Attack Vector: Network Attack Complexity: Low Privileges Required: None User Interaction: None Scope: Unchanged Confidentiality: None Integrity: None Availability: Low
7.5	HIGH	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H	3.9	3.6	NIST
Attack Vector: Network Attack Complexity: Low Privileges Required: None User Interaction: None Scope: Unchanged Confidentiality: None Integrity: None Availability: High

CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.

Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

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