Privilege escalation in GitHub Enterprise Server
CVE-2024-5566
An improper privilege management vulnerability allowed users to migrate private repositories without having appropriate scopes defined on the related Personal Access Token. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.14 and was fixed in version 3.13.1, 3.12.6, 3.11.12, 3.10.14, and 3.9.17.
Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (38.7th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 39th percentile — 38.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- GitHub Enterprise Server — versions 3.13.0
- GitHub Enterprise Server — versions 3.9.0, 3.10.0, 3.11.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.9/admin/release-notes (Release Notes)
- docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.10/admin/release-notes (Release Notes)
- docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.11/admin/release-notes (Release Notes)
- docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.12/admin/release-notes (Release Notes)
- docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.13/admin/release-notes (Release Notes)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-5566?
- CVE-2024-5566 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GitHub Enterprise Server, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 5.8/10. Published 2024-07-16.
- How severe is CVE-2024-5566?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-5566 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.