Security News > 2024 > January > Critical GitLab flaw allows account takeover without user interaction, patch quickly! (CVE-2023-7028)

Critical GitLab flaw allows account takeover without user interaction, patch quickly! (CVE-2023-7028)
2024-01-12 11:04

A critical vulnerability in GitLab CE/EE can be easily exploited by attackers to reset GitLab user account passwords.

Users who have two-factor authentication enabled on their account are safe from account takeover.

"We have not detected any abuse of this vulnerability on platforms managed by GitLab, including GitLab.com and GitLab Dedicated instances. Self-managed customers can review their logs to check for possible attempts to exploit this vulnerability," GitLab security engineer Greg Myers noted, and outlined what to look for.

CVE-2023-7028 was reported through the company's bug bounty program and has been fixed in GitLab CE and EE versions 16.7.2, 16.6.4, 16.5.6.

GitLab advises admins of self-managed GitLab instances to upgrade to a patched version immediately, and to enable 2FA for all GitLab accounts.

CVE-2023-5356, a critical bug caused by incorrect authorization checks, which may allow a user to abuse Slack/Mattermost integrations to execute slash commands as another user.


News URL

https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2024/01/12/cve-2023-7028/

Related Vulnerability

DATE CVE VULNERABILITY TITLE RISK
2024-01-12 CVE-2023-7028 Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password vulnerability in Gitlab
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.
network
low complexity
gitlab CWE-640
critical
9.8
2024-01-12 CVE-2023-5356 Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in Gitlab
Incorrect authorization checks in GitLab CE/EE from all versions starting from 8.13 before 16.5.6, all versions starting from 16.6 before 16.6.4, all versions starting from 16.7 before 16.7.2, allows a user to abuse slack/mattermost integrations to execute slash commands as another user.
network
low complexity
gitlab CWE-863
8.8

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