CVE-2022-23741

Summary

CVECVE-2022-23741
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-12-14 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:44:00 UTC
DescriptionAn incorrect authorization vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed a scoped user-to-server token to escalate to full admin/owner privileges. An attacker would require an account with admin access to install a malicious GitHub App. This vulnerability was fixed in versions 3.3.17, 3.4.12, 3.5.9, and 3.6.5. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-863

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Github Enterprise Server All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Release notes - GitHub Enterprise Server 3.4 Docs MISC docs.github.com
Release notes - GitHub Enterprise Server 3.3 Docs MISC docs.github.com
Release notes - GitHub Enterprise Server 3.5 Docs docs.github.com
Release notes - GitHub Enterprise Server 3.4 Docs docs.github.com
Release notes - GitHub Enterprise Server 3.5 Docs MISC docs.github.com
Release notes - GitHub Enterprise Server 3.6 Docs docs.github.com
Release notes - GitHub Enterprise Server 3.6 Docs MISC docs.github.com
Release notes - GitHub Enterprise Server 3.3 Docs docs.github.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: Vaibhav Singh (@vaib25vicky)

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