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Critical severity · published Jun 3, 2020
CVE-2020-10516
An improper access control vulnerability was identified in the GitHub Enterprise Server API that allowed an organization member to escalate permissions and gain access to…
9.8
CVSS
1.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An improper access control vulnerability was identified in the GitHub Enterprise Server API that allowed an organization member to escalate permissions and gain access to unauthorized repositories within an organization. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 2.21 and was fixed in 2.20.9, 2.19.15, and 2.18.20. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.6% · higher than 76% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GI
Github · Github
2.18.0 before 2.18.20; 2.19.0 before 2.19.15; 2.20.0 before 2.20.9 · source: NVD
Affected product
GI
Github
Github
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10516
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-10516
Release Notes
https://enterprise.github.com/releases/2.18.20/notes
Release Notes
https://enterprise.github.com/releases/2.19.15/notes
Release Notes
https://enterprise.github.com/releases/2.20.9/notes
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