CVE-2023-7028 (GCVE-0-2023-7028)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-12 13:56 – Updated: 2025-10-21 23:05
VLAI? CISA
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)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-640 - Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Credits
Thanks [asterion04](https://hackerone.com/asterion04) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Data from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Date added: 2024-05-01

Due date: 2024-05-22

Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Used in ransomware: Unknown

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

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