id: gitlab-uninitialized-password info: name: Uninitialized GitLab instances author: GitLab Red Team severity: high description: | Prior to version 14, GitLab installations required a root password to be set via the web UI. If the administrator skipped this step, any visitor could set a password and control the instance. reference: - https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/211328 - https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/-/merge_requests/5331 - https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/installation/#set-up-the-initial-password metadata: max-request: 1 shodan-query: http.title:"GitLab" tags: gitlab,misconfig,unauth,vuln http: - method: GET path: - "{{BaseURL}}/users/sign_in" host-redirects: true max-redirects: 2 matchers-condition: and matchers: - type: word part: body words: - 'Change your password' - 'New password' - 'Confirm new password' condition: and - type: word part: header words: - 'gitlab_session' - type: status status: - 200 # digest: 4a0a0047304502210099e3db92b871a832b898cf43f23f6fde88e6f8b43f4d02f3445f397b30fcc20602206d0e806b4d54131e7ad3a97a3353da893b7cc4653ff33609ec7f01122b4247bd:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950