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
EPSS: 0.005 (38.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
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.
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
- product-cna@github.com (Release Notes)
- product-cna@github.com (Release Notes)
- product-cna@github.com (Release Notes)
- product-cna@github.com (Release Notes)
- product-cna@github.com (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.