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GHSA-MGG5-84CV-FC3C

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-01-12 15:30 – Updated: 2025-10-22 00:32

Details

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 ?

10.0 (Critical)


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

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  "id": "GHSA-mgg5-84cv-fc3c",
  "modified": "2025-10-22T00:32:58Z",
  "published": "2024-01-12T15:30:32Z",
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      "url": "https://hackerone.com/reports/2293343"
    },
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      "url": "https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/01/11/critical-security-release-gitlab-16-7-2-released"
    },
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    },
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CVE-2023-7028 (GCVE-0-2023-7028)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-12 13:56 – Updated: 2025-10-21 23:05

Summary

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

GitLab

References

URL

Tags

	https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/436084	issue-tracking
	https://hackerone.com/reports/2293343	technical-descriptionexploit

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::::::::

Credits

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

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

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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GHSA-MGG5-84CV-FC3C

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

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