CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-23761

Improper Authentication

Published: Apr 07, 2023 | Modified: Apr 18, 2023
CVSS 3.x
5.3
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

An improper authentication vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed an unauthorized actor to modify other users secret gists by authenticating through an SSH certificate authority. To do so, a user had to know the secret gists URL. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.9 and was fixed in versions 3.4.18, 3.5.15, 3.6.11, 3.7.8, and 3.8.1. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.

Weakness

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Enterprise_server Github * 3.4.18 (excluding)
Enterprise_server Github 3.5.0 (including) 3.5.15 (excluding)
Enterprise_server Github 3.6.0 (including) 3.6.11 (excluding)
Enterprise_server Github 3.7.0 (including) 3.7.8 (excluding)
Enterprise_server Github 3.8.0 (including) 3.8.0 (including)

Potential Mitigations

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