CVEvulnerability
CVE-2022-23741
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2022-12-14
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 7.2 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-863
Description
An incorrect authorization vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed a scoped user-to-server token to escalate to full admin/owner privileges. An attacker would require an account with admin access to install a malicious GitHub App. This vulnerability was fixed in versions 3.3.17, 3.4.12, 3.5.9, and 3.6.5. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.
Affected configurations
• github enterprise server (< 3.3.17)
• github enterprise server (>= 3.4.0 < 3.4.12)
• github enterprise server (>= 3.5.0 < 3.5.9)
• github enterprise server (>= 3.6.0 < 3.6.5)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization weakness
References
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server%403.3/admin/release-notes#3.3.17 docs.github.com
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server%403.4/admin/release-notes#3.4.12 docs.github.com
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server%403.5/admin/release-notes#3.5.9 docs.github.com
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server%403.6/admin/release-notes#3.6.5 docs.github.com
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server%403.3/admin/release-notes#3.3.17 docs.github.com
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server%403.4/admin/release-notes#3.4.12 docs.github.com
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server%403.5/admin/release-notes#3.5.9 docs.github.com
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server%403.6/admin/release-notes#3.6.5 docs.github.com