Incorrect Authorization Vulnerability Affects GitHub Enterprise Server

CVE-2023-51379

4.9MEDIUM

Key Information

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

Summary

An incorrect authorization vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed issue comments to be updated with an improperly scoped token. This vulnerability did not allow unauthorized access to any repository content as it also required contents:write and issues:read permissions. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server since 3.7 and was fixed in version 3.17.19, 3.8.12, 3.9.7, 3.10.4, and 3.11.1.

Affected Version(s)

Enterprise Server <= 3.7.18

Enterprise Server <= 3.8.11

Refferences

https://docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/re...

https://docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/r...

CVSS V3.1

Score:

4.9

Severity:

MEDIUM

Confidentiality:

None

Integrity:

High

Availability:

None

Attack Vector:

Network

Attack Complexity:

Low

Privileges Required:

High

User Interaction:

None

Scope:

Unchanged

Timeline

Vulnerability published
Dec 21, 2023
Vulnerability Reserved
Dec 18, 2023

Collectors

NVD DatabaseMitre Database

Credit

Douglas Day