CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-6847

Improper Authentication

Published: Dec 21, 2023 | Modified: Dec 29, 2023
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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 a bypass of Private Mode by using a specially crafted API request. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need network access to the Enterprise Server appliance configured in Private Mode. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server since 3.9 and was fixed in version 3.9.7, 3.10.4, and 3.11.1. 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 3.9.0 (including) 3.9.7 (excluding)
Enterprise_server Github 3.10.0 (including) 3.10.4 (excluding)
Enterprise_server Github 3.11.0 (including) 3.11.0 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References