Vulnerability · Published Dec 1, 2022 · Assigned by GitHub_P
CVE-2022-23737Improper Privilege Management in GitHub Enterprise Server leading to page creation and deletion
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity privilege mismanagement in GitHub 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 0.8% (higher than 56% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
An improper privilege management vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed users with improper privileges to create or delete pages via the API. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need to be added to an organization's repo with write permissions. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.7 and was fixed in versions 3.2.20, 3.3.15, 3.4.10, 3.5.7, and 3.6.3. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub | GitHub Enterprise Server | 3.2 – before 3.2.203.3 – before 3.3.153.4 – before 3.4.103.5 – before 3.5.73.6 – before 3.6.3 |
Weakness: CWE-269 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
References
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server%403.2/admin/release-notes#3.2.20
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server%403.3/admin/release-notes#3.3.15
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server%403.4/admin/release-notes#3.4.10
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server%403.5/admin/release-notes#3.5.7
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server%403.6/admin/release-notes#3.6.3