Vulnerability · Published Nov 7, 2024 · Assigned by GitHub_P
CVE-2024-8810Privilege Management vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed GitHub Apps to grant themselves write access
High 8.7
In plain English
A high-severity privilege mismanagement in Enterprise Server from GitHub. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 38% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
A GitHub App installed in organizations could upgrade some permissions from read to write access without approval from an organization administrator. An attacker would require an account with administrator access to install a malicious GitHub App. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.14 and was fixed in versions 3.14.1, 3.13.4, 3.12.9, 3.11.15, and 3.10.17. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub | Enterprise Server | 3.10.0 – through 3.10.163.11.0 – through 3.11.143.12.0 – through 3.12.83.13.0 – through 3.13.33.14 – through 3.14.0 |
Weakness: CWE-269 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/S:P/AU:N/R:U/V:C/RE:L/U:Amber
References
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.10/admin/release-notes#3.10.17
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.11/admin/release-notes#3.11.15
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.12/admin/release-notes#3.12.9
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.13/admin/release-notes#3.13.4
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.14/admin/release-notes#3.14.1