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GHSA-2667-9FWP-8C25

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-04-19 15:30 – Updated: 2025-09-02 21:30

Details

An Improper Privilege Management vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed an attacker to use a deploy key pertaining to an organization to bypass an organization ruleset. An attacker would require access to a valid deploy key for a repository in the organization as well as repository administrator access. This vulnerability affected versions of GitHub Enterprise Server 3.11 to 3.12 and was fixed in versions 3.11.8 and 3.12.2. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.

Severity

5.9 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2024-3470 (GCVE-0-2024-3470)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-04-19 14:17 – Updated: 2024-08-01 20:12

Title

Repository administrator can bypass organization's ruleset using deploy keys

Summary

Severity

5.9 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-04-23 15:05 UTC

CWE

CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management

Assigner

GitHub_P mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.11…
https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.12…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
GitHub	Enterprise Server	Affected: 3.11.0 , < 3.11.18 (semver) Affected: 3.12.0 , < 3.12.2 (semver)
github	enterprise_server	Affected: 3.11 cpe:2.3:a:github:enterprise_server:-:::::::*

Date Public

2024-04-19 14:22

Credits

Ali Shehab Ali Kalout

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