Medium severity · published May 26, 2026
CVE-2026-8606
Server-Side Request Forgery in GitHub Enterprise Server via Advisory Package URL Endpoint
5.9
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed an attacker to cause the server to issue HTTP requests to internal services via the security advisories package lookup feature. By directing requests to an internal management service and measuring response timing, an attacker could infer the values of sensitive environment variables, including signing secrets and private keys. Exploitation required GitHub Packages to be enabled; on instances not running in private mode the vulnerability was exploitable without authentication, otherwise any authenticated user could exploit it. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.21.1 and was fixed in versions 3.20.3, 3.19.7, 3.18.10, 3.17.16, and 3.16.19. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 42% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ES
Enterprise Server · GitHub
3.21.0 before 3.21.1; 3.20.0 through 3.20.2; 3.19.0 through 3.19.6; 3.18.0 through 3.18.9; 3.17.0 through 3.17.15; 3.16.0 through 3.16.18 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8606
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-8606
Product
https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.16/admin/release-notes#3.16.19
Product
https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.17/admin/release-notes#3.17.16
Product
https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.18/admin/release-notes#3.18.10
Product
https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.19/admin/release-notes#3.19.7
Product
https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.20/admin/release-notes#3.20.3
Product
https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.21/admin/release-notes#3.21.1
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