CVE-2026-5845 HIGH

CVE-2026-5845: Improper authorization fallback allows scoped user-to-server token installation escape in GitHub Enterprise Server

Vendor Github
Product Enterprise Server
Weakness CWE-639 · IDOR
Published April 21, 2026
Last update April 22, 2026

CVSS base score

7.2/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

An improper authorization vulnerability in scoped user-to-server (ghu_) token authorization in GitHub Enterprise Server allows an authenticated attacker to access private repositories outside the intended installation scope, which can include write operations, via an authorization fallback that treated a revoked/deleted installation as a global installation context, which could be chained with token revocation timing and SSH push attribution to obtain and reuse a victim-scoped token. 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, and 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