CVE-2023-6803 (GCVE-0-2023-6803)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-12-21 20:45 – Updated: 2024-08-02 08:42
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Race Condition allows Unauthorized Outside Collaborator
Summary
A race condition in GitHub Enterprise Server allows an outside collaborator to be added while a repository is being transferred. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server since 3.8 and was fixed in version 3.8.12, 3.9.7, 3.10.4, and 3.11.1.
Severity
5.8 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-367 - Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
Assigner
References
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub | Enterprise Server |
Affected:
3.8 , ≤ 3.8.11
(semver)
Affected: 3.9 , ≤ 3.9.6 (semver) Affected: 3.10 , ≤ 3.10.3 (semver) Affected: 3.11 , ≤ 3.11.0 (semver) |
guessed |
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