Medium severity · published Sep 22, 2026
CVE-2026-77912
Stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in GitHub Enterprise Server allowed HTML attribute injection via the Markdown rendering pipeline
5.4
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed an authenticated attacker to inject arbitrary HTML attributes into rendered Markdown because the Markdown rendering pipeline rewrote quote characters in already-sanitized HTML without re-sanitizing the result. Crafted Markdown could abuse same-origin JavaScript gadgets to bypass Content Security Policy and gain control of the page DOM when viewed by another user. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to read content visible to the victim, extract embedded CSRF tokens, perform state-changing actions as the victim, and exfiltrate data through same-origin writes. The payload could also propagate to repositories and organizations where the victim had write access. This vulnerability affected supported GitHub Enterprise Server releases in the 3.17, 3.18, 3.19, 3.20, 3.21, and 3.22 series and was fixed in versions 3.22.1, 3.21.6, 3.20.8, 3.19.12, 3.18.15, and 3.17.21. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 11% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ES
Enterprise Server · GitHub
3.17.0 before 3.17.*; 3.18.0 before 3.18.*; 3.19.0 before 3.19.*; 3.20.0 before 3.20.*; 3.21.0 before 3.21.*; 3.22.0 before 3.22.* · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-77912
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-77912
Release Notes
https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.17/admin/release-notes#3.17.21
Release Notes
https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.18/admin/release-notes#3.18.15
Release Notes
https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.19/admin/release-notes#3.19.12
Release Notes
https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.20/admin/release-notes#3.20.8
Release Notes
https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.21/admin/release-notes#3.21.6
Release Notes
https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.22/admin/release-notes#3.22.1
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