CVE-2024-8810 HIGH

CVE-2024-8810: Privilege Management vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed GitHub Apps to grant themselves write access

Vendor Github
Product Enterprise Server
Weakness CWE-269
Published November 7, 2024
Last update November 8, 2024
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CVSS base score

8.7/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction —
Confidentiality —
Integrity —

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/S:P/AU:N/R:U/V:C/RE:L/U:Amber

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A GitHub App installed in organizations could upgrade some permissions from read to write access without approval from an organization administrator. An attacker would require an account with administrator access to install a malicious GitHub App. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.14 and was fixed in versions 3.14.1, 3.13.4, 3.12.9, 3.11.15, and 3.10.17. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 7, 2024 CVE published
November 8, 2024 Record updated