CVE-2023-7028

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2024-05-01. Federal remediation due 2024-05-22.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

94.65% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 99.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2024-01-12 13:56Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-08-15 04:10Z20 DAYS AGO

Reserved

2023-12-20

Assigning CNA

GitLab

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 10.0)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses

• CWE-640Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten PasswordBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

fbadb46aceecaa85f8df184abc18830baadf577a09d20c98a801ae4ca077dfcd

• gitlab.comGitLab Issue #436084https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/436084issue-tracking
• hackerone.comHackerOne Bug Bounty Report #2293343https://hackerone.com/reports/2293343technical-descriptionexploit
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-7028government-resource
• www.vicarius.iohttps://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/critical-gitlab-account-takeover-vulnerability-cve-2023-7028