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CVE-2023-7028

99
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

10.0CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.8
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
94.65%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · May 1, 2024
Metasploit: GitLab Password Reset Account Takeover · Jan 11, 2024
Nuclei: CVE-2023-7028 · Jan 14, 2024
ExploitDB: EDB-51889 · Mar 14, 2024
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.9465 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
vicarius.io / vsociety/posts/critical-gitlab-account-takeover-vulnerability-cve-2023-7028
ExploitThird Party Advisory
gitlab.com / gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/436084
ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
hackerone.com / reports/2293343
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