CVEvulnerability

CVE-2023-7028

9.8 CRITICAL Known exploited Published 2024-01-12 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Improper Access Control Vulnerability — GitLab GitLab CE/EE

GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions contain an improper access control vulnerability. This allows an attacker to trigger password reset emails to be sent to an unverified email address to ultimately facilitate an account takeover.

Added to KEV: 2024-05-01
Remediation due: 2024-05-22
Ransomware use: Unknown
Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Notes: https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/01/11/critical-security-release-gitlab-16-7-2-released/ ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-7028

Status: Analyzed
Published: 2024-01-12
Last modified: 2026-06-17
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected]): 10.0 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected]): 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses: CWE-640

Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 16.1 prior to 16.1.6, 16.2 prior to 16.2.9, 16.3 prior to 16.3.7, 16.4 prior to 16.4.5, 16.5 prior to 16.5.6, 16.6 prior to 16.6.4, and 16.7 prior to 16.7.2 in which user account password reset emails could be delivered to an unverified email address.

Affected configurations

• gitlab gitlab (>= 16.1.0 < 16.1.6) • gitlab gitlab (>= 16.2.0 < 16.2.9) • gitlab gitlab (>= 16.3.0 < 16.3.7) • gitlab gitlab (>= 16.4.0 < 16.4.5) • gitlab gitlab (>= 16.5.0 < 16.5.6) • gitlab gitlab (>= 16.6.0 < 16.6.4) • gitlab gitlab (>= 16.7.0 < 16.7.2)

Weakness · CWE (1)

CWE-640 Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password weakness

References