GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Improper Access Control Vulnerability (CVE-2023-7028)
Severity: critical · Patch status: unknown · Since 2024-05-01 · CVE-2023-7028
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. CISA added CVE-2023-7028 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on May 1, 2024, which means attackers are exploiting it in the wild.
What to do
- Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
- US federal agencies must remediate by May 22, 2024 (BOD 22-01); treat that as the outer limit.
Sources
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