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Recently I’ve experienced a GitLab security incident.
Had a pretty new GitLab version (~2 months old), but there were a few security patches released. Apparently, I was missing one of them.
I noticed GitLab throwing 500 errors randomly and later 502 consistently. Looking at the server I’ve noticed some processes run by “git” user, which shouldn't be running, consuming all CPU. Processes were restarting after killing them. Updating GitLab to the newest version resolved the issue.
Keeping software up-to-date can …
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