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GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Improper Access Control

GitLab CE/EE

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. Added to the CISA KEV catalog on 2024-05-01. CVE-2023-7028 was assigned before 2024; the KEV listing came in 2024.

Why this severity: CVSS 10 (v3.1, CNA), actively exploited (CISA KEV)

Started: Jan 12, 2024
Closed: May 1, 2024
CVE: CVE-2023-7028

Updated May 1, 2024

Affected

See vendor advisory (versions are not listed in the KEV record)

Fixed in

See vendor advisory linked in sources

Timeline2

May 1, 2024
CISA added CVE-2023-7028 to the KEV catalog (federal deadline 2024-05-22)
Source
Jan 12, 2024
CVE-2023-7028 published
Source

Advisories3

Notes & caveats

Derived from the CISA KEV JSON feed (catalogVersion 2026.10.21); CVSS from the CVE record (cveawg.mitre.org). startedAt is the CVE publication date when it fell in 2024 before the KEV listing, else the KEV dateAdded; exploitation may have begun earlier. closedAt is the KEV listing date (a fix or mitigation was available then unless noted).

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