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CVE-2023-7028

INDEX BUILT · 2026-09-20

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Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password in GitLab

CVE-2023-70284 of 4 sources documented this
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rank 78 = 40 + 25 + 0 + 7 + 6

rank@v1 · act now

Someone is already using it

CISA KEV catalog · public proof-of-concept · FIRST EPSS

EPSS 0.94647 · CISA KEV listed  ·  without this subject the record ranks 38

What it costs you if it fires

NVD CVSS base score, then the CNA's own

CVSS 9.8, from NVD  ·  without this subject the record ranks 53

It is getting worse, not staying still

FIRST EPSS series, rescorings and bad loads removed

no persisting rise in 365 days  ·  without this subject the record ranks 78

How much of the world it touches

NVD CPE configurations

7 products in the CPE ranges  ·  without this subject the record ranks 71

Someone else already set the date

CISA KEV remediation due date

CISA remediation date held  ·  without this subject the record ranks 72

Unaudited dollar value2 of 3 inputs carry a receipt
Exposure$4.16Mover the next 30 days, if this record is yours
Movement+$74,600on 2024-08-30, the last material move, 2 years before this reading
Basisassumeda published average, not your estate

$4.16M = $4.99M incident cost x 0.8814887365328109 exposure x 0.94647 likelihood

udv@v1 · unaudited · wrong for you until you say what you run

$4.99M is the cost of a breach that happened, from IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2026, global average. It is not the value of any asset of yours. That average already covers breaches of every severity, so scaling it by exposure understates a partial-impact record. That is an assumption, not a measurement. Your own asset value goes in the decision record.

Hindsight · the state

0.94647EPSSKEV · LISTED
Severity10 CRITICALreceipt
Harmunauthenticated · networkreceipt
Exploitationin the wild · KEVreceipt
Defensefix version namedreceipt
Movementdoubled within 72hreceipt
PLATEAU10Minimal movement since 2024-05-02, 855 days at 0.95, as of 2026-09-04. arc-rules@v1

Foresight · where to check next

No weakness class or product neighbourhood is held for this record, so this index cannot name anywhere to check next. That is an absence in the record, not a finding about the software.

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Sources disagree here.

Severity score
GitLab10 CRITICALreceipt
NVD9.8 CRITICALreceipt
What it costs
GitLabComplete confidentiality and integrity loss, with impact beyond the vulnerable componentreceipt
NVDComplete confidentiality, integrity and availability lossreceipt

Both shown, dated. We don't pick winners. disagreement-rules@v1

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Reachnetwork-reachable · no privileges required · no user interaction · low attack complexityreceipt
ImpactComplete confidentiality and integrity loss, with impact beyond the vulnerable componentreceipt
Scored fromCVSS v3.1 · the CNA's vectorreceipt
Weakness classCWE-640 Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Passwordreceipt
Published consequencesCWE-640: Access Control: Gain Privileges or Assume Identity; Availability: DoS: Resource Consumption (Other); Integrity, Other: Other[email protected]
Ransomware campaign useUnknown to CISAreceipt

CISA KEV & Federal Remediation Deadline from the record and CISA

The fix, and how long it's been waiting.

Fixed in16.1.6; 16.2.9; 16.3.7; 16.4.5; 16.5.6; 16.6.4; 16.7.2receipt
Patch available sinceNo dated patch-availability record in held sources. The index holds reference URLs without dates and only the current revision of the CVE record, so the day a fix first existed cannot be derived. Only the versions it landed in.
CISA remediation statusoverdue since 2024-05-22receipt
CISA required actionApply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.receipt
Published to CISA KEV110 daysderived

Exploit Status & Known PoCs a ladder, not a score

Current rung: Exploited in the wild · CISA KEV listed, 2024-05-01.

  • RUNG 1Nothing observed in held sources
  • RUNG 2Proof-of-concept published · 7 public repositories2024-01-12receipt
  • RUNG 3Exploited in the wild · CISA KEV listed2024-05-01receipt
  • RUNG 4Ransomware campaign use known

Authority who says so

CVSS, the CNA10 CRITICALreceipt
CVSS, NVD9.8 CRITICALreceipt
Exploit probability0.94647 · top 0.15% of all CVEsreceipt
Blast breadth1 product across 1 vendorderived
Assigned byGitLabreceipt
Recorded changes125 · last 17 Sep 2026derived

Affected & Fixed Versions as published

Affected productGitLabreceipt
Published rangesgitlab >= 16.1.0 < 16.1.6; gitlab >= 16.2.0 < 16.2.9; gitlab >= 16.3.0 < 16.3.7; gitlab >= 16.4.0 < 16.4.5receipt
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gitlab >= 16.1.0 < 16.1.6
gitlab >= 16.2.0 < 16.2.9
gitlab >= 16.3.0 < 16.3.7
gitlab >= 16.4.0 < 16.4.5
gitlab >= 16.5.0 < 16.5.6
gitlab >= 16.6.0 < 16.6.4
gitlab >= 16.7.0 < 16.7.2
Fixed in16.1.6; 16.2.9; 16.3.7; 16.4.5; 16.5.6; 16.6.4; 16.7.2receipt

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Attack path

Unauthenticated network requestno credentials, no interactionCISA KEV listingadded 05-01 · due 05-22GitLabCWE-640 weaknessAdjacent componentsscope changeConfidentiality and integrity lossC:H / I:Hmandates remediationexploits CWE-640scope changedata compromise

What it is stated by the CNA

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. receipt

NVD's analysis a second authority

severity
9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
weakness
CWE-640
affected versions
gitlab >= 16.1.0 < 16.1.6; gitlab >= 16.2.0 < 16.2.9; gitlab >= 16.3.0 < 16.3.7; and 4 more, listed in full below
also scored by
[email protected] 10 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

The CNA scored it 10 and NVD 9.8. Both are shown because both were published; we do not pick one.

check it yourself gitlab.com hackerone.com receipt

Dated events

2024-03-08EPSS moved 0.04 to 0.202024-03-15EPSS moved 0.20 to 0.812024-05-01Added to CISA KEV2024-05-22CISA remediation due2024-08-30EPSS moved 0.90 to 0.91

Movement the material steps

17 Jan 20240.00054
8 Mar 20240.20153 · crossed 0.10
15 Mar 20240.80716 · crossed 0.50
2 May 20240.95382 · crossed 0.90
15 Aug 20240.88866 · crossed 0.90
30 Aug 20240.91232 · crossed 0.90
17 Mar 20250.93635 · scoring model v2025.03.14
15 Jun 20260.94955 · scoring model v2026.06.15
24 Jul 20260.94647

This score more than doubled inside 72 hours. Both observations are in the full history below.

Show all 109 observations
17 Jan 20240.00054
19 Jan 20240.03347
24 Jan 20240.04478
8 Mar 20240.20153
15 Mar 20240.80716
2 May 20240.95382
16 May 20240.95952
16 Jun 20240.95812
24 Jun 20240.96023
4 Jul 20240.96251
19 Jul 20240.96505
24 Jul 20240.90316
15 Aug 20240.88866
20 Aug 20240.89537
30 Aug 20240.91232
31 Aug 20240.93621
4 Sep 20240.95705
23 Sep 20240.95758
7 Nov 20240.95525
18 Nov 20240.95502
2 Dec 20240.95803
12 Dec 20240.95930
17 Dec 20240.92277
21 Dec 20240.91679
7 Jan 20250.92620
18 Jan 20250.93357
13 Feb 20250.93215
10 Mar 20250.93398
17 Mar 20250.93635
18 Mar 20250.93609
25 Mar 20250.93707
27 Mar 20250.93731
28 Mar 20250.93707
29 Mar 20250.93731
30 Mar 20250.93707
2 Apr 20250.93696
3 Apr 20250.93859
9 Apr 20250.93772
15 Apr 20250.93731
19 Apr 20250.9372
21 Apr 20250.93934
26 Apr 20250.93856
1 May 20250.93836
4 May 20250.93856
6 May 20250.93918
15 May 20250.9388
30 May 20250.93949
1 Jun 20250.93977
4 Jun 20250.93949
10 Jun 20250.93973
11 Jun 20250.94004
15 Jun 20250.93941
16 Jun 20250.94004
25 Jun 20250.94068
26 Jun 20250.94004
29 Jun 20250.93989
1 Jul 20250.94077
3 Jul 20250.94022
4 Jul 20250.93996
11 Jul 20250.93697
14 Jul 20250.93926
16 Jul 20250.9359
24 Jul 20250.93603
26 Jul 20250.93498
27 Jul 20250.93603
1 Aug 20250.93577
4 Aug 20250.93603
5 Aug 20250.93498
15 Aug 20250.93604
16 Aug 20250.93941
17 Aug 20250.93872
25 Aug 20250.93941
26 Aug 20250.93864
1 Sep 20250.93845
4 Sep 20250.93864
10 Sep 20250.93934
14 Sep 20250.93604
1 Oct 20250.93578
4 Oct 20250.93604
17 Oct 20250.93512
23 Oct 20250.94004
28 Oct 20250.93864
1 Nov 20250.93845
4 Nov 20250.93864
6 Nov 20250.93786
18 Nov 20250.93485
21 Nov 20250.93864
26 Nov 20250.93498
1 Dec 20250.93469
4 Dec 20250.93498
13 Dec 20250.93604
1 Jan 20260.93578
4 Jan 20260.93604
18 Jan 20260.93709
27 Jan 20260.93604
1 Feb 20260.93578
4 Feb 20260.93604
12 Feb 20260.93498
20 Feb 20260.9338
1 Mar 20260.93348
4 Mar 20260.9338
12 Mar 20260.93543
21 Apr 20260.93267
30 Apr 20260.93894
9 May 20260.93816
3 Jun 20260.93539
4 Jun 20260.93426
15 Jun 20260.94955
24 Jul 20260.94647

109 observations held. A highlighted step crossed a promotion threshold. A step marked with a scoring model moved because the instrument was replaced, not because the vulnerability changed. receipt

The full biography

EPSS 0.94647Published · Public PoC2024-01-12CISA KEV2024-05-01Index as of2026-09-04

Listed by CISA 110 days after it published, exploit probability more than doubled between 2024-01-17 and 2024-01-19 (0.00054 → 0.03347) and the record had been public for 2 years, 7 months when this index was last written.

No material movement in 42 days as of the last ingest this index recorded.

Published 2024-01-12 receipt · Public PoC 2024-01-12 receipt · CISA KEV 2024-05-01 receipt · Index as of 2026-09-04 derived

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