CVE-2021-22870

CVE-2021-22870: Path traversal in GitHub Enterprise Server hosted Pages leads to unauthorized file read access

Vendor Github
Product GitHub Enterprise Server
Weakness CWE-23
Published November 10, 2021
Last update August 3, 2024

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What the vulnerability does

01Description

A path traversal vulnerability was identified in GitHub Pages builds on GitHub Enterprise Server that could allow an attacker to read system files. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need permission to create and build a GitHub Pages site on the GitHub Enterprise Server instance. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.3 and was fixed in versions 3.0.19, 3.1.11, and 3.2.3. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 10, 2021 CVE published
August 3, 2024 Record updated