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CVE-2023-7028criticalunder attackCWE-640

Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password in GitLab

100Vexday Risk Score

Patch now. It under exploitation confirmed by CISA and has a working public exploit.

ssvc Actcvss 10epss 95%
from disclosure to weapon0 days
Published on NVDJan 12
1st PoCJan 12
metasploitJan 11
CISA KEV+110d
exploitation probability
95%top 1% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
yesCISA + VulnCheck
30 public exploit(s)
Action required by CISAfederal deadline: 2024-05-22

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

Researched and written with AI from the vendor advisory and public analysis, with the sources above. Always confirm the fixed version in the official advisory before acting.
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Affected products
GitLab · GitLab
public PoCs found30
exploitdbwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/51889unverifiedgithubgithub.com/Trackflaw/CVE-2023-7028-Docker3githubgithub.com/sariamubeen/CVE-2023-70283githubgithub.com/thanhlam-attt/CVE-2023-70282githubgithub.com/hackeremmen/gitlab-exploit1githubgithub.com/szybnev/CVE-2023-70281githubgithub.com/gh-ost00/CVE-2023-70281githubgithub.com/mochammadrafi/CVE-2023-70280githubgithub.com/yoryio/CVE-2023-70280githubgithub.com/soltanali0/CVE-2023-70280githubgithub.com/Sornphut/CVE-2023-7028-GitLab0githubgithub.com/KameliaZaman/Exploiting-GitLab-CVE-2023-70280githubgithub.com/Shimon03/CVE-2023-7028-Account-Take-Over-Gitlab0vulncheckvulncheck.com/xdb/3703b3de223cunverifiedvulncheckvulncheck.com/xdb/522b3884b9b8unverifiedvulncheckvulncheck.com/xdb/44c05ef0c116unverifiedcve_referencehackerone.com/reports/2293343unverifiedvulncheckvulncheck.com/xdb/90b5573c67baunverifiedvulncheckvulncheck.com/xdb/d5208cb503c5unverifiedvulncheckvulncheck.com/xdb/674d0aabf7ceunverifiedvulncheckvulncheck.com/xdb/29c90b604ec4unverifiedvulncheckvulncheck.com/xdb/acdabc43c05funverifiedvulncheckvulncheck.com/xdb/877497541569unverifiedvulncheckvulncheck.com/xdb/e0d36e3116c6unverifiedvulncheckvulncheck.com/xdb/0f7be935ff85unverifiedvulncheckvulncheck.com/xdb/da63a9b40012unverifiedvulncheckvulncheck.com/xdb/87e14763757cunverifiedvulncheckvulncheck.com/xdb/516e0f5addf3unverifiedvulncheckvulncheck.com/xdb/3a9685d9145cunverifiedvulncheckvulncheck.com/xdb/d0511db0dc7aunverified
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