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Medium severity · published Dec 21, 2023
CVE-2023-51379
An incorrect authorization vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed issue comments to be updated with an improperly scoped token
4.9
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An incorrect authorization vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed issue comments to be updated with an improperly scoped token. This vulnerability did not allow unauthorized access to any repository content as it also required contents:write and issues:read permissions. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server since 3.7 and was fixed in version 3.17.19, 3.8.12, 3.9.7, 3.10.4, and 3.11.1. 
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 49% 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 before 3.7.19; 3.8.0 before 3.8.12; 3.9.0 before 3.9.7; 3.10.0 before 3.10.4; 3.11.0 · source: NVD
Affected product
ES
Enterprise Server
Github
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-51379
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-51379
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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