Vulnerability · Published Jan 6, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_P

CVE-2025-13744Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed rendering of malicious HTML

High 8.4

In plain English

A high-severity cross-site scripting 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 0.2% (higher than 12% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 4.0)8.4High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 87.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed attacker controlled HTML to be rendered by the Filter component (search) across GitHub that could be used to exfiltrate sensitive information. An attacker would require permissions to create or modify the names of milestones, issues, pull requests, or similar entities that are rendered in the vulnerable filter/search components. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.20 and was fixed in versions 3.19.1, and 3.18.2, 3.17.8, 3.16.11, 3.15.15, and 3.14.20. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
GitHub Enterprise Server 3.14.0 – through 3.14.193.15.0 – through 3.15.143.16.0 – through 3.16.103.17.0 – through 3.17.73.18.0 – through 3.18.13.19 – through 3.19.0

Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N

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