CVE-2023-22381 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-22381: Code injection in GitHub Enterprise Server leading to arbitrary environment variables in GitHub Actions

Vendor Github
Product Enterprise Server
Weakness CWE-94 · Code injection
Published March 2, 2023
Last update March 5, 2025

CVSS base score

4.1/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A code injection vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed setting arbitrary environment variables from a single environment variable value in GitHub Actions when using a Windows based runner. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need existing permission to control the value of environment variables for use with GitHub Actions. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.8.0 and was fixed in versions 3.4.15, 3.5.12, 3.6.8, 3.7.5. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

March 2, 2023 CVE published
March 5, 2025 Record updated