5.8
MEDIUM
CVE-2024-5566
GitHub Enterprise Server Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description

An improper privilege management vulnerability allowed users to migrate private repositories without having appropriate scopes defined on the related Personal Access Token. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.14 and was fixed in version 3.13.1, 3.12.6, 3.11.12, 3.10.14, and 3.9.17.

INFO

Published Date :

July 16, 2024, 10:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

July 17, 2024, 1:34 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

4.0

Exploitability Score :

1.3
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-5566 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Github enterprise_server

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2024-5566 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Jul. 16, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description An improper privilege management vulnerability allowed users to migrate private repositories without having appropriate scopes defined on the related Personal Access Token. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.14 and was fixed in version 3.13.1, 3.12.6, 3.11.12, 3.10.14, and 3.9.17.
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. (Products Only) https://docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes#3.9.17 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. (Products Only) https://docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes#3.10.14 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. (Products Only) https://docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes#3.11.10 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. (Products Only) https://docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes#3.12.6 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. (Products Only) https://docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes#3.13.1 [No types assigned]
    Added CWE GitHub, Inc. (Products Only) CWE-269
    Added CVSS V3.1 GitHub, Inc. (Products Only) AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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