Critical severity · published Oct 10, 2024
CVE-2024-9487
An Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed SAML SSO authentication to be bypassed when the encrypted assertions feature was enabled
9.1
CVSS
25.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An improper verification of cryptographic signature vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed SAML SSO authentication to be bypassed resulting in unauthorized provisioning of users and access to the instance. Exploitation required the encrypted assertions feature to be enabled, and the attacker would require direct network access as well as a signed SAML response or metadata document. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.15 and was fixed in versions 3.11.16, 3.12.10, 3.13.5, and 3.14.2. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)25.6% · higher than 98% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ES
Enterprise Server · GitHub
3.11.0 through 3.11.15; 3.12.0 through 3.12.9; 3.13.0 through 3.13.4; 3.14.0 through 3.14.1 · source: vendor, NVD, CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9487
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-9487
Release Notes
https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.11/admin/release-notes#3.11.16
Release Notes
https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.12/admin/release-notes#3.12.10
Release Notes
https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.13/admin/release-notes#3.13.5
Release Notes
https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.14/admin/release-notes#3.14.2
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