High severity · published Oct 6, 2026
CVE-2026-96890
Server-Side Request Forgery vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed requests to attacker-controlled internal hosts
8.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed a repository contributor to cause the appliance to issue requests to attacker-controlled internal hosts, which could be chained to achieve remote code execution on the appliance. The secret scanning validator for GCP service account credentials trusted the token endpoint embedded in a committed credential and issued a request to it without restricting the destination. Exploitation required an authenticated user with permission to push to a repository on an instance with GitHub Advanced Security and secret scanning validity checks enabled, a non-default configuration. This vulnerability affected GitHub Enterprise Server 3.20, 3.21, and 3.22 and was fixed in versions 3.20.9, 3.21.7, and 3.22.2. This vulnerability was reported through the GitHub Bug Bounty program.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 41% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ES
Enterprise Server · GitHub
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-2026-96890
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-96890
release-notes
https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.20/admin/release-notes#3.20.9
release-notes
https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.21/admin/release-notes#3.21.7
release-notes
https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.22/admin/release-notes#3.22.2
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