Advisory severityLow3.1GitLab

Low [CVE-2023-5963] Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in GitLab

This low-severity GitLab advisory covers CVE-2023-5963 affecting GitLab.

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CVE-2023-5963 Source published Nov 6, 2023Source updated Oct 11, 2026

VulniPulse record published Oct 10, 2026Record updated Oct 11, 2026

CVE-2023-5963

Affected products & platforms

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Summary

An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE with Advanced Search affecting all versions from 13.9 to 16.3.6, 16.4 prior to 16.4.2 and 16.5 prior to 16.5.1 that could allow a denial of service in the Advanced Search function by chaining too many syntax operators.

Affected versions

GitLab 13.9 before 16.3.6
GitLab 16.4.0 before 16.4.2
GitLab 16.5.0 before 16.5.1

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Fixed versions

16.3.6
16.4.2
16.5.1

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 5 days ago·verify at source

Mitigation

Upgrade to a fixed release: 16.3.6, 16.4.2, 16.5.1. That is the remediation for this advisory.

The vendor advisory may list additional interim mitigations or workarounds not captured here — review it before change work.

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 5 days ago·verify at source

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