CVE-2024-1082 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-1082: Path traversal vulnerability in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed arbitrary file read with a specially crafted GitHub Pages artifact upload

Vendor Github
Product Enterprise Server
Weakness CWE-22 · Path traversal
Published February 13, 2024
Last update May 9, 2025

CVSS base score

6.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A path traversal vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed an attacker to gain unauthorized read permission to files by deploying arbitrary symbolic links to a GitHub Pages site with a specially crafted artifact tarball. 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 3.12 and was fixed in versions 3.8.15, 3.9.10, 3.10.7, 3.11.5. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

February 13, 2024 CVE published
May 9, 2025 Record updated