{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including gitlab. It affects 1 product.","exploited":"Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2023-7028 in the wild since at least 1 May 2024.","fix":"Upgrade gitlab to a fixed version for your release line: 16.1.6, 16.2.9, 16.3.7 or 16.4.5. US federal agencies must fix it by 22 May 2024.","what":"CVE-2023-7028 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Gitlab Gitlab, published on 12 Jan 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-7028 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-7028 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Gitlab Gitlab, published on 12 Jan 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2023-7028 in the wild since at least 1 May 2024.\n\nAffected packages and fixed versions:\n- gitlab (Bitnami): affected from 16.1.0; fixed in 16.1.6, 16.2.9, 16.3.7, 16.4.5, 16.5.6, 16.6.4, 16.7.2\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-7028/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-7028/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-7028","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-7028/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-7028","record":{"aliases":["BIT-gitlab-2023-7028","GHSA-mgg5-84cv-fc3c","UBUNTU-CVE-2023-7028"],"analysis":{"component_type":"web_application","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["account_takeover"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"GitLab","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Attackers can take over user accounts by receiving password reset emails sent to unverified addresses due to a flaw in the password recovery mechanism.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"auth_bypass"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"GitLab","cpe":[{"product":"gitlab","vendor":"gitlab"}],"cvss":{"score":10,"severity":"critical","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-640","name":"Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password"}],"description":"An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 16.1 prior to 16.1.6, 16.2 prior to 16.2.9, 16.3 prior to 16.3.7, 16.4 prior to 16.4.5, 16.5 prior to 16.5.6, 16.6 prior to 16.6.4, and 16.7 prior to 16.7.2 in which user account password reset emails could be delivered to an unverified email address.","ecosystems":["Bitnami"],"exploits":{"exploitdb":1,"first_seen":"2024-01-11","github_poc":18,"max_poc_stars":245,"metasploit":1,"nuclei":1,"refs":[{"date":"2024-01-12T18:29:27Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/Vozec/CVE-2023-7028","stars":245,"title":"This repository presents a proof-of-concept of CVE-2023-7028"},{"date":"2024-01-12T10:53:50Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/RandomRobbieBF/CVE-2023-7028","stars":58,"title":"CVE-2023-7028"},{"date":"2024-01-18T10:13:18Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/Esonhugh/gitlab_honeypot","stars":4,"title":"CVE-2023-7028 killer"},{"date":"2024-01-12T15:17:59Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/duy-31/CVE-2023-7028","stars":3,"title":"An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 16.1 prior to 16.1.6, 16.2 prior to 16.2.9, 16.3 prior to 16.3.7, 16.4 prior to 16.4.5, 16.5 prior to 16.5.6, 16.6 prior to 16.6.4, and 16.7 prior to 16.7.2 in which user account password reset emails could be delivered to an unverified email address."},{"date":"2024-01-25T09:56:00Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/Trackflaw/CVE-2023-7028-Docker","stars":3,"title":"Repository to install CVE-2023-7028 vulnerable Gitlab instance"},{"date":"2025-02-17T02:15:26Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/sariamubeen/CVE-2023-7028","stars":3,"title":null},{"date":"2024-01-23T19:11:11Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/thanhlam-attt/CVE-2023-7028","stars":2,"title":null},{"date":"2025-07-21T12:34:29Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/szybnev/CVE-2023-7028","stars":2,"title":"This FORK of repository presents a proof-of-concept of CVE-2023-7028. 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