Resource exhaustion in GitHub Enterprise Server
CVE-2024-5795
A Denial of Service vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed an attacker to cause unbounded resource exhaustion by sending a large payload to the Git server. 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. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
EPSS: 0.006 (43.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.7 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H.
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-2024-5795?
- CVE-2024-5795 is a high-severity vulnerability in GitHub Enterprise Server, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.7/10. Published 2024-07-16.
- How severe is CVE-2024-5795?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.7 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-5795 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.