CVE-2023-7028

GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Improper Access Control Vulnerability

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

Yes

*KEV

Decision

Act

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Se ha descubierto un problema en GitLab CE/EE que afecta a todas las versiones desde 16.1 anterior a 16.1.6, 16.2 anterior a 16.2.9, 16.3 anterior a 16.3.7, 16.4 anterior a 16.4.5, 16.5 anterior a 16.5.6, 16.6 antes de 16.6.4 y 16.7 antes de 16.7.2 en los que los correos electrónicos de restablecimiento de contraseña de cuenta de usuario podían enviarse a una dirección de correo electrónico no verificada.

GitLab CE/EE versions prior to 16.7.2 suffer from a password reset vulnerability.

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.

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Act

Exploitation

Active

Automatable

Yes

Tech. Impact

Total

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-12-20 CVE Reserved
2024-01-12 CVE Published
2024-01-12 First Exploit
2024-05-01 Exploited in Wild
2024-05-22 KEV Due Date
2024-10-03 CVE Updated
2024-11-07 EPSS Updated

CWE

CWE-284: Improper Access Control
CWE-640: Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password

CAPEC

References (14)

URL	Tag	Source
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/436084	Broken Link
https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/01/11/critical-security-release-gitlab-16-7-2-released

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51889	2024-03-14
https://github.com/yoryio/CVE-2023-7028	2024-03-14
https://github.com/mochammadrafi/CVE-2023-7028	2024-01-26
https://github.com/soltanali0/CVE-2023-7028	2024-07-25
https://github.com/Vozec/CVE-2023-7028	2024-01-13
https://github.com/RandomRobbieBF/CVE-2023-7028	2024-01-12
https://github.com/duy-31/CVE-2023-7028	2024-01-12
https://github.com/thanhlam-attt/CVE-2023-7028	2024-01-23
https://github.com/googlei1996/CVE-2023-7028	2024-01-12
https://github.com/Trackflaw/CVE-2023-7028-Docker	2024-01-25
https://github.com/Shimon03/CVE-2023-7028-Account-Take-Over-Gitlab	2024-01-23
https://github.com/fa-rrel/CVE-2023-7028	2024-08-21

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				>= 16.1.0 < 16.1.6 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 16.1.0 < 16.1.6"		community		Affected
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				>= 16.1.0 < 16.1.6 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 16.1.0 < 16.1.6"		enterprise		Affected
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				>= 16.2.0 < 16.2.9 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 16.2.0 < 16.2.9"		community		Affected
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				>= 16.2.0 < 16.2.9 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 16.2.0 < 16.2.9"		enterprise		Affected
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				>= 16.3.0 < 16.3.7 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 16.3.0 < 16.3.7"		community		Affected
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				>= 16.3.0 < 16.3.7 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 16.3.0 < 16.3.7"		enterprise		Affected
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				>= 16.4.0 < 16.4.5 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 16.4.0 < 16.4.5"		community		Affected
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				>= 16.4.0 < 16.4.5 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 16.4.0 < 16.4.5"		enterprise		Affected
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				>= 16.5.0 < 16.5.6 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 16.5.0 < 16.5.6"		community		Affected
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				>= 16.5.0 < 16.5.6 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 16.5.0 < 16.5.6"		enterprise		Affected
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				>= 16.6.0 < 16.6.4 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 16.6.0 < 16.6.4"		community		Affected
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				>= 16.6.0 < 16.6.4 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 16.6.0 < 16.6.4"		enterprise		Affected
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				>= 16.7.0 < 16.7.2 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 16.7.0 < 16.7.2"		community		Affected
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				>= 16.7.0 < 16.7.2 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 16.7.0 < 16.7.2"		enterprise		Affected