CVE-2023-7028
CRITICAL9.8⚠ KEVEPSS 93.8%Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password in GitLab
Published: 3/6/2024Modified: 10/22/2025Added to CISA KEV: 5/1/2024
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 packages (1)
- Bitnami/gitlab>= 16.1.0, < 16.1.6, >= 16.2.0, < 16.2.9, >= 16.3.0, < 16.3.7, >= 16.4.0, < 16.4.5, >= 16.5.0, < 16.5.6, >= 16.6.0, < 16.6.4, >= 16.7.0, < 16.7.2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
References (6)
- WEBhttps://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/01/11/critical-security-release-gitlab-16-7-2-released/
- WEBhttps://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/436084
- WEBhttps://hackerone.com/reports/2293343
- WEBhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-7028
- WEBhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-7028
- WEBhttps://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/critical-gitlab-account-takeover-vulnerability-cve-2023-7028