cve-2023-23761
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-04-07 18:41
Modified
2025-02-07 20:14
Severity ?
7.7 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Summary
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 gist's 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.
References
product-cna@github.comhttps://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.4/admin/release-notes#3.4.18Release Notes
product-cna@github.comhttps://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.5/admin/release-notes#3.5.15Release Notes
product-cna@github.comhttps://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.6/admin/release-notes#3.6.11Release Notes
product-cna@github.comhttps://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.7/admin/release-notes#3.7.8Release Notes
product-cna@github.comhttps://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.8/admin/release-notes#3.8.1Release Notes
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.4/admin/release-notes#3.4.18Release Notes
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.5/admin/release-notes#3.5.15Release Notes
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.6/admin/release-notes#3.6.11Release Notes
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.7/admin/release-notes#3.7.8Release Notes
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.8/admin/release-notes#3.8.1Release Notes
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GitHub Enterprise Server Version: 3.4.0   ≤ 3.4.17
Version: 3.5.0   ≤ 3.5.14
Version: 3.6.0   ≤ 3.6.10
Version: 3.7.0   ≤ 3.7.7
Version: 3.8.0   ≤
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