CVE-2026-4296

Incorrect Regular Expression vulnerability in GitHub Enterprise Server allowed unauthorized access to user accounts via OAuth callback URL validation bypass

State
Published
Severity
7.5 High
Published
Apr 21, 2026
Updated
Apr 22, 2026
Reserved
Mar 16, 2026

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Description

An incorrect regular expression vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed an attacker to bypass OAuth redirect URI validation. An attacker with knowledge of a first-party OAuth application's registered callback URL could craft a malicious authorization link that, when clicked by a victim, would redirect the OAuth authorization code to an attacker-controlled domain. This could allow the attacker to gain unauthorized access to the victim's account with the scopes granted to the OAuth application. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.21 and was fixed in versions 3.20.1, 3.19.5, 3.18.8, 3.17.14, 3.16.17, 3.15.21, 3.14.26. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.

Scores

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

Weaknesses

  • CWE-185 Incorrect Regular Expression

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Enterprise ServerGitHub
  • 3.14.0 through 3.14.25Affectedfrom 3.14.26Not affected
  • 3.15.0 through 3.15.20Affectedfrom 3.15.21Not affected
  • 3.16.0 through 3.16.16Affectedfrom 3.16.17Not affected
  • 3.17.0 through 3.17.13Affectedfrom 3.17.14Not affected
  • 3.18.0 through 3.18.7Affectedfrom 3.18.8Not affected
  • 3.19.0 through 3.19.4Affectedfrom 3.19.5Not affected
  • 3.20.0 to before 3.20.1Affectedfrom 3.20.1Not affected

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