GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Improper Access Control Vulnerability

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Summary

CVECVE-2023-7028
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerUnknown
Source PriorityEnrichment-only fallback
Published2024-05-01 00:00:00 UTC
Updated2026-07-22 20:07:15 UTC
DescriptionGitLab 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.

Risk And Classification

EPSS: 0.949550000 probability, percentile 0.998520000 (date 2026-07-22)

CISA KEV: Listed on 2024-05-01; due 2024-05-22; ransomware use Unknown

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

VendorGitLab
ProductGitLab CE/EE
NameGitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Improper Access Control Vulnerability
Required ActionApply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Noteshttps://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/01/11/critical-security-release-gitlab-16-7-2-released/ ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-7028

References

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CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog CISA www.cisa.gov kev

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 379244 GitLab EE/CE Improper Authorization Vulnerability (CVE-2023-7028)
  • 691395 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for gitlab (4c8c2218-b120-11ee-90ec-001b217b3468)

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