High severity · published Dec 21, 2023
CVE-2023-46649
Race Condition allows Administrative Access on Organization Repositories
7.0
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A race condition in GitHub Enterprise Server was identified that could allow an attacker administrator access. To exploit this, an organization needs to be converted from a user. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server since 3.7 and was fixed in version 3.7.19, 3.8.12, 3.9.7, 3.10.4, and 3.11.1.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 7% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ES
Enterprise Server · GitHub
3.7.0 through 3.7.18; 3.8.0 through 3.8.11; 3.9.0 through 3.9.6; 3.10.0 through 3.10.3; 3.11 through 3.11.0 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-46649
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-46649
Release Notes
https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.10/admin/release-notes#3.10.4
Release Notes
https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.11/admin/release-notes#3.11.1
Release Notes
https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.7/admin/release-notes#3.7.19
Release Notes
https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.8/admin/release-notes#3.8.12
Release Notes
https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.9/admin/release-notes#3.9.7
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