CVEvulnerability

CVE-2012-2055

7.5 HIGH Published 2012-04-05 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2012-04-05
Last modified: 2026-06-16
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected]): 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses: CWE-913

Description

GitHub Enterprise before 20120304 does not properly restrict the use of a hash to provide values for a model's attributes, which allows remote attackers to set the public_key[user_id] value via a modified URL for the public-key update form, related to a "mass assignment" vulnerability.

Affected configurations

• github github (< 20120304)

Weakness · CWE (1)

CWE-913 Improper Control of Dynamically-Managed Code Resources weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (2)

CWE-913 Improper Control of Dynamically-Managed Code Resources weakness
CWE-915 Improperly Controlled Modification of Dynamically-Determined Object Attributes weakness

References

http://homakov.blogspot.com/2012/03/how-to.html Issue Tracking
http://lwn.net/Articles/488702/ Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74812 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://github.com/blog/1068-public-key-security-vulnerability-and-mitigation Vendor Advisory
http://homakov.blogspot.com/2012/03/how-to.html Issue Tracking
http://lwn.net/Articles/488702/ Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74812 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://github.com/blog/1068-public-key-security-vulnerability-and-mitigation Vendor Advisory