Resource exhaustion in Github Enterprise Server
CVE-2026-7541
A denial of service vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed an unauthenticated attacker to cause service disruption by sending crafted requests with deeply nested JSON payloads to an unauthenticated API endpoi…
EPSS: 0.001 (20.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Github Enterprise Server — versions 3.16.0, 3.17.0, 3.18.0
- Github Enterprise_server
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- product-cna@github.com (release-notes, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- product-cna@github.com (release-notes, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- product-cna@github.com (release-notes, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- product-cna@github.com (release-notes, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- product-cna@github.com (release-notes, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-7541?
- CVE-2026-7541 is a high-severity vulnerability in Github Enterprise Server, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-05-07.
- How severe is CVE-2026-7541?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.