cve-2021-22865
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-04-02 17:25
Modified
2024-08-03 18:51
Severity ?
Summary
An improper access control vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed access tokens generated from a GitHub App's web authentication flow to read private repository metadata via the REST API without having been granted the appropriate permissions. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need to create a GitHub App on the instance and have a user authorize the application through the web authentication flow. The private repository metadata returned would be limited to repositories owned by the user the token identifies. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.0.4 and was fixed in versions 3.0.4, 2.22.10, 2.21.18. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.
References
product-cna@github.comhttps://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server%402.21/admin/release-notes#2.21.18
product-cna@github.comhttps://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server%402.22/admin/release-notes#2.22.10
product-cna@github.comhttps://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server%403.0/admin/release-notes#3.0.4
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server%402.21/admin/release-notes#2.21.18
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server%402.22/admin/release-notes#2.22.10
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server%403.0/admin/release-notes#3.0.4
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
GitHub GitHub Enterprise Server Version: 3.0   < 3.0.4
Version: 2.22   < 2.22.10
Version: 2.21   < 2.21.18
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