CVE-2023-7028 (GCVE-0-2023-7028)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-12 13:56 – Updated: 2026-08-15 04:10Title
Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password in GitLab
Summary
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.
Severity
10 (Critical)
SSVC
Exploitation: active
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-05-02 17:50 UTC
CWE
- CWE-640 - Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password
Assigner
References
4 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/436084 | issue-tracking |
| https://hackerone.com/reports/2293343 | technical-descriptionexploit |
| https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilit… | government-resource |
| https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/critical-g… |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GitLab | GitLab |
Affected:
16.1 , < 16.1.6
(semver)
Affected: 16.2 , < 16.2.9 (semver) Affected: 16.3 , < 16.3.7 (semver) Affected: 16.4 , < 16.4.5 (semver) Affected: 16.5 , < 16.5.6 (semver) Affected: 16.6 , < 16.6.4 (semver) Affected: 16.7 , < 16.7.2 (semver) cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CISA
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
KEV entry ID: 5d76a2ff-fcc4-4374-b824-7a3449233975
Exploited: Yes
Timestamps
First Seen: 2024-05-01
Asserted: 2024-05-01
Scope
Notes: KEV entry: GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Improper Access Control Vulnerability | Affected: GitLab / GitLab CE/EE | Description: 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. | Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. | Due date: 2024-05-22 | Known ransomware campaign use (KEV): Unknown | Notes (KEV): 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
Evidence
Type: Vendor Report
Signal: Successful Exploitation
Confidence: 80%
Source: cisa-kev
Details
| Cwes | CWE-284 |
|---|---|
| Feed | CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog |
| Product | GitLab CE/EE |
| Due Date | 2024-05-22 |
| Date Added | 2024-05-01 |
| Vendorproject | GitLab |
| Vulnerabilityname | GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Improper Access Control Vulnerability |
| Knownransomwarecampaignuse | Unknown |
References
Created: 2026-02-02 13:24 UTC
| Updated: 2026-02-06 07:53 UTC
Previdian
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
KEV entry ID: 11bf6067-6e7a-46bb-9777-34ad3cb21b66
Exploited: Yes
Timestamps
First Seen: 2024-05-01
Asserted: 2024-05-01
Scope
Notes: KEVIntel entry: Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password in GitLab | Affected: GitLab / GitLab | CVSS: 10.0 (CRITICAL) | EPSS: 0.94955 | Used in malware: unknown | Not yet in CISA KEV: False
Evidence
Type: Public Report
Signal: Successful Exploitation
Confidence: 70%
Source: kevintel
Details
| Feed | KEVIntel (kevintel.com) |
|---|---|
| Title | Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password in GitLab |
| Vendor | GitLab |
| Product | GitLab |
| Added Date | 2024-05-01T00:00:00.000Z |
| Cvss Score | 10.0 |
| Epss Score | 0.94955 |
| Cvss Severity | CRITICAL |
| Epss Percentile | 0.99851 |
| Used In Malware | unknown |
| Ahead Of Cisa Kev | None |
| Not Yet In Cisa Kev | False |
References
Created: 2026-06-23 11:14 UTC
| Updated: 2026-06-23 11:14 UTC
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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.
Sightings
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Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
- Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the
vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
model, served locally by ML-Gateway.
They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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