CVE-2023-51379 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-51379: Incorrect Authorization for Issue Comments in GitHub Enterprise Server

Vendor Github
Product Enterprise Server
Weakness CWE-863 · Incorrect authorization
Published December 21, 2023
Last update August 2, 2024

CVSS base score

4.9/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

An incorrect authorization vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed issue comments to be updated with an improperly scoped token. This vulnerability did not allow unauthorized access to any repository content as it also required contents:write and issues:read permissions. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server since 3.7 and was fixed in version 3.17.19, 3.8.12, 3.9.7, 3.10.4, and 3.11.1. 

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

December 21, 2023 CVE published
August 2, 2024 Record updated