CVE-2022-23740

Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command in GitHub Enterprise Server leading to Remote Code Execution

State: Published
Severity: 8.8 High
Published: Nov 23, 2022
Updated: Apr 28, 2025
Reserved: Jan 19, 2022

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Description

CRITICAL: An improper neutralization of argument delimiters in a command vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that enabled remote code execution. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need permission to create and build GitHub Pages using GitHub Actions. This vulnerability affected only version 3.7.0 of GitHub Enterprise Server and was fixed in version 3.7.1. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	8.8 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CISA-ADP

Weaknesses

CWE-88

Affected Products

Product	Versions
GitHub Enterprise ServerGitHub	3.7 to before 3.7.1Affected

References

https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server%403.7/admin/release-notes#3.7.1

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