CVE-2023-46647
Improper Privilege Management in GitHub Enterprise Server management console leads to privilege escalation
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.0 High
- Published
- Dec 21, 2023
- Updated
- Aug 2, 2024
- Reserved
- Oct 24, 2023
Description
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 8.0 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | GitHub_P |
Weaknesses
- CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Enterprise ServerGitHub |
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References
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.8/admin/release-notes#3.8.12
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.9/admin/release-notes#3.9.6
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.10/admin/release-notes#3.10.3
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.11/admin/release-notes#3.11.0
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