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CVE-2023-7028

critical

Description

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.

References

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/gitlab-warns-of-critical-bug-that-lets-attackers-run-pipelines-as-an-arbitrary-user/

https://www.securityweek.com/1400-gitlab-servers-impacted-by-exploited-vulnerability/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-says-gitlab-account-takeover-bug-is-actively-exploited-in-attacks/

https://hackerone.com/reports/2293343

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/over-5-300-gitlab-servers-exposed-to-zero-click-account-takeover-attacks/

https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/15/critical_gitlab_vulnerability/

https://github.com/FearThePLOTO/GitLab-CVE-2023-7028

https://github.com/rozetyp/vuln-intel-mcp

https://github.com/KameliaZaman/Exploiting-GitLab-CVE-2023-7028

https://github.com/Sornphut/CVE-2023-7028-GitLab

https://github.com/sariamubeen/CVE-2023-7028

https://github.com/soltanali0/CVE-2023-7028

https://github.com/olebris/Exploit_CVE_2023_7028-

https://github.com/hackeremmen/gitlab-exploit

https://github.com/mochammadrafi/CVE-2023-7028

https://github.com/Esonhugh/gitlab_honeypot

https://github.com/yoryio/CVE-2023-7028

https://github.com/RandomRobbieBF/CVE-2023-7028

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-7028

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/436084

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-01-12

Updated: 2025-10-24

Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

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

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.94647

Vulnerability Watch

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Vulnerability of Interest