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Critical GitLab Account Takeover Vulnerability

GitLab addressed a critical vulnerability, CVE-2023-7028, affecting managed SaaS gitlab.com instance as well as self-hosted versions 16.1 to 16.7.1. The flaw could allow account takeovers via unverified email password resets. Third party could intercept the password reset request, add their own email to the request and forward it. GitLab would then send the reset link to the added 3rd-party email.

Reference details

Source category
Research & news
Report title
Critical GitLab Account Takeover Vulnerability
First reported
Apr 03, 2024 00:00 UTC
Last reported
Apr 03, 2024 00:00 UTC
Catalog updated
Oct 08, 2026 03:52 UTC
Record ID
2395a134f6ed0b074df3c43dfb9ad47a9f1a1ebe978cf6bf3967ab1de899ca7f

CVEs mentioned by sources

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Source observations

src_d11443da85ea659d49

Source-provided label
Not reported
Evidence class
mentioned in report
Confidence
Not reported
Observed
Apr 03, 2024 00:00 UTC
Retrieved
Oct 08, 2026 03:52 UTC

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1 sources: 0 stale, 0 needing attention, 0 paused, 1 unverified.

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  • src_d11443da85ea659d49Collection status unverifiedLast successful batch: Unverified

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