CVE-2026-15343

Path traversal vulnerability in GitHub Enterprise Server allowed writing files to arbitrary repository paths, including GitHub Actions workflow files, via unchecked Dependabot dependency-file paths

State
Published
Severity
8.6 High
Published
Jul 17, 2026
Updated
Jul 17, 2026
Reserved
Jul 9, 2026

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Description

A path traversal vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed an attacker who had code execution inside the Dependabot updater container to write files to arbitrary repository paths, including GitHub Actions workflow files under .github/workflows/ as the path validation did not check the effective path which the attacker could control through the dependency file's directory and symlink target. If the repository used a pull_request_target workflow or had auto-merge enabled, an injected workflow could execute with access to the repository's GitHub Actions secrets. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.22 and was fixed in versions 3.21.3, 3.20.5, 3.19.9, 3.18.12, 3.17.18.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
4.08.6 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NGitHub_P

Weaknesses

  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Enterprise ServerGitHub
  • 3.17.0 through 3.17.17Affectedfrom 3.17.18Not affected
  • 3.18.0 through 3.18.11Affectedfrom 3.18.12Not affected
  • 3.19.0 through 3.19.8Affectedfrom 3.19.9Not affected
  • 3.20.0 through 3.20.4Affectedfrom 3.20.5Not affected
  • 3.21.0 through 3.21.2Affectedfrom 3.21.3Not affected

References

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