CVE-2026-4296 HIGH

CVE-2026-4296: Incorrect Regular Expression vulnerability in GitHub Enterprise Server allowed unauthorized access to user accounts via OAuth callback URL validation bypass

Vendor Github
Product Enterprise Server
Weakness CWE-185
Published April 21, 2026
Last update April 22, 2026

CVSS base score

7.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

An incorrect regular expression vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed an attacker to bypass OAuth redirect URI validation. An attacker with knowledge of a first-party OAuth application's registered callback URL could craft a malicious authorization link that, when clicked by a victim, would redirect the OAuth authorization code to an attacker-controlled domain. This could allow the attacker to gain unauthorized access to the victim's account with the scopes granted to the OAuth application. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.21 and was fixed in versions 3.20.1, 3.19.5, 3.18.8, 3.17.14, 3.16.17, 3.15.21, 3.14.26. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 21, 2026 CVE published
April 22, 2026 Record updated