Medium severity · published Nov 7, 2024
CVE-2024-8810
Privilege Management vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed GitHub Apps to grant themselves write access
6.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A GitHub App installed in organizations could upgrade some permissions from read to write access without approval from an organization administrator. An attacker would require an account with administrator access to install a malicious GitHub App. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.14 and was fixed in versions 3.14.1, 3.13.4, 3.12.9, 3.11.15, and 3.10.17. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 38% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ES
Enterprise Server · GitHub
3.10.0 through 3.10.16; 3.11.0 through 3.11.14; 3.12.0 through 3.12.8; 3.13.0 through 3.13.3; 3.14 through 3.14.0 · source: vendor, NVD, CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8810
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-8810
Release Notes
https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.10/admin/release-notes#3.10.17
Release Notes
https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.11/admin/release-notes#3.11.15
Release Notes
https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.12/admin/release-notes#3.12.9
Release Notes
https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.13/admin/release-notes#3.13.4
Release Notes
https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.14/admin/release-notes#3.14.1
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