The flaw (CVE-2023-7028) stems from the fact that user account password reset emails can be delivered to unverified email addresses.
The critical flaw (CVE-2022-1680) can allow for account takeover in impacted installations that have not been upgraded.
GitLab has patched a critical vulnerability caused by hardcoded passwords in several versions.
The measure of a bug bounty program's success is not how much researchers were paid, but how the organization handled the volume of new reports. GitLab's James Ritchey share some of the lessons learned in the company's first year of the public bug bounty program.