Vulnerability · Published Mar 8, 2023 · Assigned by GitHub_P

CVE-2023-23760Path traversal in GitHub Enterprise Server leading to remote code execution

Medium 4.9

In plain English

A medium-severity path traversal 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 1.0% (higher than 64% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.9Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 36.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A path traversal vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed remote code execution when building a GitHub Pages site. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need permission to create and build a GitHub Pages site on the GitHub Enterprise Server instance. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to versions 3.8 and was fixed in versions 3.7.7, 3.6.10, 3.5.14, and 3.4.17. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
GitHub Enterprise Server 3.4.0 – through 3.4.163.5.0 – through 3.5.133.6.0 – through 3.6.93.7.0 – through 3.7.6

Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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