CVE-2024-0507

Privilege Escalation by Code Injection in the Management Console in GitHub Enterprise Server

CVSS 3.1 Medium 6.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Description

An attacker with access to a Management Console user account with the editor role could escalate privileges through a command injection vulnerability in the Management Console. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server and was fixed in versions 3.11.3, 3.10.5, 3.9.8, and 3.8.13 This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.

Key data

CVSS 3.1 Medium 6.5

Score published by GitHub_P in the CVE record.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack vector: Network
The vulnerable component can be reached over a network, possibly from the Internet.
Attack complexity: Low
No special conditions are needed. The attack can be repeated at will.
Privileges required: High
An account with significant privileges, such as an administrator, is needed.
User interaction: None
No action from any user is needed.
Scope: Unchanged
The impact stays within the vulnerable component.
Confidentiality impact: High
Serious or total effect on the secrecy of data.
Integrity impact: High
Serious or total effect on the trustworthiness of data.
Availability impact: None
No effect on availability.

Metric	Value	What it means
Attack vector	Network	The vulnerable component can be reached over a network, possibly from the Internet.
Attack complexity	Low	No special conditions are needed. The attack can be repeated at will.
Privileges required	High	An account with significant privileges, such as an administrator, is needed.
User interaction	None	No action from any user is needed.
Scope	Unchanged	The impact stays within the vulnerable component.
Confidentiality impact	High	Serious or total effect on the secrecy of data.
Integrity impact	High	Serious or total effect on the trustworthiness of data.
Availability impact	None	No effect on availability.

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EPSS

Exploit Prediction Scoring System by FIRST: an estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days.

Score: 0.65800 (65.8% probability)
Percentile: 99.3%
Scores of: Nov 10, 2026
Model: v2026.06.15

CISA assessment as of Oct 22, 2024

Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC) decision points added by CISA.

Automatable: no
Technical impact: total

Weakness (CWE)

CWE catalog version 5.0.

CWE-20Improper Input Validation

Affected products

Products listed in the CVE record, as the CNA published them.

GitHub Enterprise Server
- affected: 3.8.0 up to 3.8.12
- affected: 3.9.0 up to 3.9.7
- affected: 3.10.0 up to 3.10.4
- affected: 3.11.0 up to 3.11.2

References

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Timeline

ID reservedJan 12, 2024
Record publishedJan 16, 2024
Record last updatedOct 22, 2024

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