Medium severity · published Dec 21, 2023
CVE-2023-6804
Improper privilege management allowed arbitrary workflows to be committed and run using an improperly scoped PAT
5.5
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Improper privilege management allowed arbitrary workflows to be committed and run using an improperly scoped PAT. To exploit this, a workflow must have already existed in the target repo. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server since 3.8 and was fixed in version 3.8.12, 3.9.7, 3.10.4, and 3.11.1.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 10% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ES
Enterprise Server · Github
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
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6804
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6804
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@3.8/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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