Description
An issue was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 12.0 prior to 16.11.5, starting from 17.0 prior to 17.0.3, and starting from 17.1 prior to 17.1.1, which allows for an attacker to cause a denial of service using a crafted OpenAPI file.
Problem types
CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Product status
12.0 (semver) before 16.11.5
17.0 (semver) before 17.0.3
17.1 (semver) before 17.1.1
Credits
Thanks [joaxcar](https://hackerone.com/joaxcar) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program
References
gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/442852 (GitLab Issue #442852)
hackerone.com/reports/2370737 (HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #2370737)