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BDU:2024-00259 (CVE-2023-7028)

Vulnerability from fstec – Published: 2024-01-15 – Updated: 2026-08-14 – View on bdu.fstec.ru Exploit publicly available Yes Fixed

Title

Уязвимость программной платформы на базе git для совместной работы над кодом GitLab, вызванная возможностью отправки письма с кодом для сброса пароля на неподтверждённые email-адреса, позволяющая нарушителю получить несанкционированный доступ к учётной записи произвольного пользователя

Summary

Уязвимость программной платформы на базе git для совместной работы над кодом GitLab вызвана возможностью отправки письма с кодом для сброса пароля на неподтверждённые email-адреса. Эксплуатация уязвимости может позволить нарушителю, действующему удаленно, получить несанкционированный доступ к учётной записи произвольного пользователя через манипуляции с формой восстановления забытого пароля

Severity

10.0 (High) CVSS 2.0


                      
                        AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

10.0 (Critical) CVSS 3.0


                      
                        CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Class

Code vulnerability

Status

Confirmed by the vendor

Exploitation

Authorization bypass

Incidents

Yes

Remediation

Software update

CWE

CWE-284 - Неправильный контроль доступа

Aliases

CVE-2023-7028

References

6 references

URL
https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=60425
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2024/01/12/cve-2023-7028/
https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/01/11/critical-security-release-gitlab-1…
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/436084
https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/csv/known_exploited_vulnerabilities.csv
https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/critical-gitlab-account-takeover-vulnera…

Impacted products

1 product from 1 vendor

Vendors

GitLab Inc.

Products

Gitlab

Versions

от 16.1 до 16.1.6 (Gitlab), от 16.2 до 16.2.9 (Gitlab), от 16.3 до 16.3.7 (Gitlab), от 16.4 до 16.4.5 (Gitlab), от 16.6 до 16.6.4 (Gitlab), от 16.7 до 16.7.2 (Gitlab)

Product types

Network software

Mitigations

Установка обновлений из доверенных источников. В связи со сложившейся обстановкой и введенными санкциями против Российской Федерации рекомендуется устанавливать обновления программного обеспечения только после оценки всех сопутствующих рисков. Обновление программного обеспечения до версий 16.1.6, 16.2.9, 16.3.7 и 16.4.5, 16.5.6, 16.6.4 и 16.7.2 и выше Компенсирующие меры: - влючение двухфакторной аутентификации.

Credits

Для проверки фактов компрометации систем предлагается оценить в логе gitlab-rails/production_json.log наличие HTTP-запросов к обработчику /users/password с указанием массива из нескольких email в параметре "params.value.email". Также предлагается проверить наличие в логе gitlab-rails/audit_json.log записей со значением PasswordsController#create в meta.caller.id и указанием массива из нескольких адресов в блоке target_details.

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  "\u0421\u0432\u044f\u0437\u044c \u0441 \u0438\u043d\u0446\u0438\u0434\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0430\u043c\u0438 \u0418\u0411": "\u0414\u0430",
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  "\u0421\u043f\u043e\u0441\u043e\u0431 \u044d\u043a\u0441\u043f\u043b\u0443\u0430\u0442\u0430\u0446\u0438\u0438": "\u041d\u0430\u0440\u0443\u0448\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u0430\u0432\u0442\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0437\u0430\u0446\u0438\u0438",
  "\u0421\u0441\u044b\u043b\u043a\u0438 \u043d\u0430 \u0438\u0441\u0442\u043e\u0447\u043d\u0438\u043a\u0438": "https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=60425\nhttps://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2024/01/12/cve-2023-7028/\nhttps://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/01/11/critical-security-release-gitlab-16-7-2-released/\nhttps://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/436084\nhttps://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/csv/known_exploited_vulnerabilities.csv\nhttps://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/critical-gitlab-account-takeover-vulnerability-cve-2023-7028",
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  "\u0422\u0438\u043f \u043e\u0448\u0438\u0431\u043a\u0438 CWE": "CWE-284",
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}

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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-12 13:56 – Updated: 2026-08-15 04:10

Title

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)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

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

GitLab mitre root Scorecard

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
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::::::::

Credits

Thanks [asterion04](https://hackerone.com/asterion04) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program

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