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Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

CVE-2019-18455

Severity High
Score 7.5/10

Summary

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition 11 through 12.4 when building Nested GraphQL queries. It has a large or infinite loop.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition

Loops with multiple exits and flags detract from the quality of an application. They tend to make control structures difficult to understand, and introduce the risk of non-termination and other structural problems. The vulnerability “loop with unreachable exit condition” enables attackers to exploit this flaw, leading to denial of service.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published