Race condition vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed remote code execution

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-19118
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerGitHub_P
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-09-01 22:17:11 UTC
Updated2026-09-01 22:17:11 UTC
DescriptionA time-of-check time-of-use race condition vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed remote code execution. Exploitation required an authenticated user with write access to a repository and precise timing of concurrent upload requests. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.22 and was fixed in versions 3.17.20, 3.18.14, 3.19.11, 3.20.7, 3.21.5, and 3.22.0. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v4.0 7.7 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Problem Types: CWE-367 | CWE-367 CWE-367 Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
4.0[email protected]Secondary7.7HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/C...
4.0CNACVSS7.7HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS v4.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
Present
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Sub Conf.
None
Sub Integrity
None
Sub Availability
None

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA GitHub Enterprise Server affected 3.17.0 3.17.19 semver Not specified
CNA GitHub Enterprise Server affected 3.18.0 3.18.13 semver Not specified
CNA GitHub Enterprise Server affected 3.19.0 3.19.10 semver Not specified
CNA GitHub Enterprise Server affected 3.20.0 3.20.6 semver Not specified
CNA GitHub Enterprise Server affected 3.21.0 3.21.4 semver Not specified
CNA GitHub Enterprise Server unaffected 3.22.0 semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes [email protected] docs.github.com
docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes [email protected] docs.github.com
docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes [email protected] docs.github.com
docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes [email protected] docs.github.com
docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes [email protected] docs.github.com
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Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: ahacker1 (en)

CNA: Harsh Jaiswal (en)

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