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. metadata: shodan-query: http.title:"GitLab" 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 tags: gitlab,misconfig,unauth requests: - method: GET path: - "{{BaseURL}}/users/sign_in" 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