Medium severity · published Jul 16, 2024
CVE-2024-5795
Denial of Service vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed resource exhaustion
6.5
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A Denial of Service vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed an attacker to cause unbounded resource exhaustion by sending a large payload to the Git server. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.14 and was fixed in version 3.13.1, 3.12.6, 3.11.12, 3.10.14, and 3.9.17. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 46% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GE
GitHub Enterprise Server · GitHub
3.9.0 through 3.9.16; 3.10.0 through 3.10.13; 3.11.0 through 3.11.11; 3.12.0 through 3.12.5; 3.13 through 3.13.0 · source: vendor
ES
Enterprise Server · Github
3.9.0 before 3.9.17; 3.10.0 before 3.10.14; 3.11.0 before 3.11.12; 3.12.0 before 3.12.6; 3.13.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5795
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-5795
Release Notes
https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.10/admin/release-notes#3.10.14
Release Notes
https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.11/admin/release-notes#3.11.12
Release Notes
https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.12/admin/release-notes#3.12.6
Release Notes
https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.13/admin/release-notes#3.13.1
Release Notes
https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.9/admin/release-notes#3.9.17
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