Critical severity · published Sep 22, 2026
CVE-2026-77987
GitHub Enterprise Server notebook viewer vulnerable to Server-side request forgery
9.8
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability was identified in the notebook viewer of GitHub Enterprise Server. The notebook viewer validated the scheme and host of a user-supplied URL but did not validate the port, allowing requests to be directed to internal services listening on other ports of the same appliance. Response bodies were not returned to the requester, but response timing acted as an oracle that allowed instance secrets to be extracted character by character. An extracted secret could then be used in a separate interaction with an internal service to obtain remote code execution on the appliance. Exploitation required network access to the instance and was unauthenticated when private mode was disabled, or required any authenticated user when private mode was enabled. This vulnerability affected GitHub Enterprise Server versions 3.17 through 3.22 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 through 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:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 59% 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-2026-77987
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-77987
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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