SARA / Free Tools / CVE / CVE-2023-7028

CVE-2023-7028 — GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Improper Access Control Vulnerability

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

CVSS
10.0 CRITICAL
EPSS
93.54% (top 0.20%)
CWE
CWE-640
Published
2024-01-12T13:56:41.726Z
Last modified
2025-10-21T23:05:28.992Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CISA KEV — Actively Exploited
Added to KEV
2024-05-01
BOD 22-01 due
2024-05-22
Ransomware use
Unknown

01What is this vulnerability?

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.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
GitLabGitLab16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 16.4, 16.5, 16.6, 16.7

03Active exploitation status

Yes — actively exploited. Added to the CISA KEV catalog on 2024-05-01. Ransomware use: Unknown.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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