Improper Privilege Management in GitHub Enterprise Server management console leads to privilege escalation

CVE-2023-46647
8HIGH

Key Information

Vendor
GitHub
Status
Enterprise Server
Vendor
CVE Published:
21 December 2023

Summary

Improper privilege management in all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server allows users with authorized access to the management console with an editor role to escalate their privileges by making requests to the endpoint used for bootstrapping the instance. This vulnerability affected GitHub Enterprise Server version 3.8.0 and above and was fixed in version 3.8.12, 3.9.6, 3.10.3, and 3.11.0.

Affected Version(s)

Enterprise Server <= 3.8.11

Enterprise Server <= 3.8.11

Enterprise Server <= 3.9.5

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published.

  • Vulnerability Reserved.

Collectors

NVD DatabaseMitre Database

Credit

Imre Rad
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