CVE Watch—

CVE-2023-7028

GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Improper Access Control Vulnerability

CVSS

—

No CVSS

EPSS

94.6%

p100

KEV

YES

May 1, 2024

Exploit Today

0-100

Published: — · Last modified: —

EPSS · 30d

94.6%EPSS · 30 days94.6%

2026-09-162026-10-14

KEV catalog record

Product

GitLab / GitLab CE/EE

Vulnerability

GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Improper Access Control Vulnerability

Added to KEV

May 1, 2024

Remediate by

May 22, 2024

Known ransomware use

Summary description

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.

Required action

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

Notes

https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/01/11/critical-security-release-gitlab-16-7-2-released/ ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-7028

Related CVEs

No related CVEs by CWE or product.