A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 16.9.6/16.10.4/16.11.1. Affected is an unknown function of the component Markdown Handler. The manipulation leads to resource consumption.

This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-2651. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.