CVE detail
CVE-2023-7028: GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Improper Access Control Vulnerability
Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog · back to feed
Vendor / product
GitLab · GitLab CE/EE
- Date added (KEV)
- May 01, 2024
- CISA due date
- May 22, 2024
- Ransomware campaign use
- Unknown
Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Vendor fix: Vendor advisory
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Plain English
Technical detail
From CISA
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.
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
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- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/436084ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/436084ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- https://hackerone.com/reports/2293343Permissions Required
- https://hackerone.com/reports/2293343Permissions Required
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/critical-gitlab-account-takeover-vulnerability-cve-2023-7028ExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-7028US Government Resource
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