CVE-2023-7028 is a critical vulnerability in GitLab CE/EE versions prior to 16.1.6, 16.2.9, 16.3.7, 16.4.5, 16.5.6, 16.6.4, and 16.7.2, allowing password reset emails to be sent to unverified email addresses. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical) due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild, with public exploit code available in Metasploit, Nuclei, and ExploitDB, and has garnered significant community and media attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 16.1, < 16.1.6CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 16.2, < 16.2.9CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 16.3, < 16.3.7CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 16.4, < 16.4.5CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 16.5, < 16.5.6CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.