Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password in GitLab
- Published
- Last modified
- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Listed in CISA KEV
- Fix
- Fixed in 16.1.6, 16.2.9, 16.3.7, 16.4.5, 16.5.6, and 2 more
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
Summary
GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition are affected by this flaw in the password recovery feature. An attacker could cause password reset emails to be sent to an email address that the account owner has not verified, potentially allowing unauthorized access to user accounts.
Summarized by anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5. Verify details against the original sources.
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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.
Timeline
- CVE published
- Added to CISA KEV
CISA has evidence of exploitation in the wild
- CISA remediation deadline
Due date for US federal agencies to patch
- Record last updated
- EPSS reached 10%
FIRST estimates at least a 10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Affected versions
- GitLab GitLab
From 16.1 · fixed in 16.1.6; From 16.2 · fixed in 16.2.9; From 16.3 · fixed in 16.3.7; From 16.4 · fixed in 16.4.5; From 16.5 · fixed in 16.5.6; From 16.6 · fixed in 16.6.4; From 16.7 · fixed in 16.7.2