CVE-2024-2878: GitLab

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 19.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• GitLab GitLab: from 15.7.0, before 16.9.7 (fixed in 16.9.7); from 16.10.0, before 16.10.5 (fixed in 16.10.5); from 16.11.0, before 16.11.2 (fixed in 16.11.2)

Published 2025-02-05. Last modified 2026-06-17.