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CVE-2023-7028 - GitLab Audit Password Reset Multiple Emails

Severity
high
Log types
GitLab.Audit
Tags
GitLab, CVE-2023-7028, No Pack
Reference
https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/01/11/critical-security-release-gitlab-16-7-2-released/
Source
github.com/panther-labs/panther-analysis

Attackers are exploiting a Critical (CVSS 10.0) GitLab vulnerability in which user account password reset emails could be delivered to an unverified email address.

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Rule body yaml

AnalysisType: rule
Filename: gitlab_audit_password_reset_multiple_emails.py
RuleID: "GitLab.Audit.Password.Reset.Multiple.Emails"
DisplayName: "CVE-2023-7028 - GitLab Audit Password Reset Multiple Emails"
Enabled: True
LogTypes:
  - GitLab.Audit
Tags:
  - GitLab
  - CVE-2023-7028
  - No Pack
Reports:
  MITRE ATT&CK:
    - TA0001:T1195
    - TA0001:T1190
    - TA0003:T1098
Severity: High
Description: Attackers are exploiting a Critical (CVSS 10.0) GitLab vulnerability in which user account password reset emails could be delivered to an unverified email address.
Reference: https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/01/11/critical-security-release-gitlab-16-7-2-released/
Tests:
  - Name: not a password reset
    ExpectedResult: false
    Log: { "detail": { "custom_message": "hello world" } }
  - Name: one email
    ExpectedResult: false
    Log:
      {
        "detail":
          {
            "custom_message": "Ask for password reset",
            "target_details": "example@test.com",
          },
      }
  - Name: multiple emails
    ExpectedResult: true
    Log:
      {
        "detail":
          {
            "custom_message": "Ask for password reset",
            "target_details": '["example@test.com", "example2@test.com"]',
          },
      }

Detection logic

Condition

detail.custom_message eq "Ask for password reset"

This rule also runs imperative logic the parser cannot express as a filter; the conditions above are the structured part it could extract.

Indicators

Each row is a field, operator, and value that the rule matches. The corpus column counts how many other rules in the catalog look for the same combination: high numbers point to widely-used, community-vetted indicators. Blank or 1 shows that the indicator is specific to this rule.

FieldKindValues
detail.custom_messageeq
  • Ask for password reset

Output fields

Fields the rule emits when it matches. Chronicle authors list these in the outcome block; they appear on the detection and $risk_score drives alerting. Sentinel / Defender XDR rules build them up through project / summarize / extend stages. Sentinel maps these into alert fields via entityMappings and customDetails; Defender XDR custom detections surface them as alert fields directly.

FieldSource
target_detailsdetail.target_details