A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 17.4.4/17.5.2/17.6.0. Affected is an unknown function of the component cargo.toml File Handler. The manipulation leads to inefficient algorithmic complexity.

This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-8237. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.