Vulnerability · Published Mar 10, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_P
CVE-2026-3582Incorrect Authorization in GitHub Enterprise Server allows access to issue and commit search results without repo scope
Medium 5.3
In plain English
A medium-severity missing authorization 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 0.3% (higher than 22% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
An Incorrect Authorization vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed an authenticated user with a classic personal access token (PAT) lacking the repo scope to retrieve issues and commits from private and internal repositories via the search REST API endpoints. The user must have had existing access to the repository through organization membership or as a collaborator for the vulnerability to be exploitable. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.20 and was fixed in versions 3.16.15, 3.17.12, 3.18.6 and 3.19.3. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub | Enterprise Server | 3.16.0 – through 3.16.143.17.0 – through 3.17.113.18.0 – through 3.18.53.19.0 – through 3.19.2 |
Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
References
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.16/admin/release-notes#3.16.15
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.17/admin/release-notes#3.17.12
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.18/admin/release-notes#3.18.6
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.19/admin/release-notes#3.19.3