GitLab, the leading platform for DevOps teams, recently announced the release of a patch to address a critical vulnerability, CVE-2023-7028. This vulnerability poses a severe threat, as it allows malicious actors to instantly take control of a victim’s account by instructing the system to send a password reset email to the attacker’s email address.
To mitigate this vulnerability, it is recommended to enable two-step login authentication. However, the new patch not only addresses this particular vulnerability but also includes fixes for other vulnerabilities.
Organizations using GitLab are advised to promptly update their systems with the latest patch, enable two-step login authentication, and change all secrets, such as passwords, API tokens, certificates, and other sensitive information.
This vulnerability affects GitLab versions 16.1 to 16.7. The project has already released patches for all affected versions.
TLDR: GitLab has released a patch to fix a critical vulnerability that allows attackers to take over user accounts. It is recommended to update GitLab, enable two-step login authentication, and change all secrets to protect against this and other vulnerabilities.
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