CVE-2023-51379

Incorrect Authorization for Issue Comments in GitHub Enterprise Server

Severity Score

4.9

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

An incorrect authorization vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed issue comments to be updated with an improperly scoped token. This vulnerability did not allow unauthorized access to any repository content as it also required contents:write and issues:read permissions. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server since 3.7 and was fixed in version 3.17.19, 3.8.12, 3.9.7, 3.10.4, and 3.11.1.

Se identificó una vulnerabilidad de autorización incorrecta en GitHub Enterprise Server que permitía actualizar los comentarios del problema con un token con un alcance incorrecto. Esta vulnerabilidad no permitía el acceso no autorizado a ningún contenido del repositorio, ya que también requería permisos de contenido: problemas de lectura y escritura. Esta vulnerabilidad afectó a todas las versiones de GitHub Enterprise Server desde la 3.7 y se solucionó en las versiones 3.17.19, 3.8.12, 3.9.7, 3.10.4 y 3.11.1.

*Credits: Douglas Day

CVSS Scores

NISTv3.1 4.9

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-12-18 CVE Reserved
2023-12-21 CVE Published
2024-08-02 CVE Updated
2024-11-20 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization

CAPEC

CAPEC-114: Authentication Abuse

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source
https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.10/admin/release-notes#3.10.4	Release Notes
https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.11/admin/release-notes#3.11.1	Release Notes
https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.7/admin/release-notes#3.7.19	Release Notes
https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.8/admin/release-notes#3.8.12	Release Notes
https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.9/admin/release-notes#3.9.7	Release Notes

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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Github Search vendor "Github"		Enterprise Server Search vendor "Github" for product "Enterprise Server"				>= 3.7.0 < 3.17.19 Search vendor "Github" for product "Enterprise Server" and version " >= 3.7.0 < 3.17.19"		-		Affected
Github Search vendor "Github"		Enterprise Server Search vendor "Github" for product "Enterprise Server"				>= 3.8.0 < 3.8.12 Search vendor "Github" for product "Enterprise Server" and version " >= 3.8.0 < 3.8.12"		-		Affected
Github Search vendor "Github"		Enterprise Server Search vendor "Github" for product "Enterprise Server"				>= 3.9.0 < 3.9.7 Search vendor "Github" for product "Enterprise Server" and version " >= 3.9.0 < 3.9.7"		-		Affected
Github Search vendor "Github"		Enterprise Server Search vendor "Github" for product "Enterprise Server"				>= 3.10.0 < 3.10.4 Search vendor "Github" for product "Enterprise Server" and version " >= 3.10.0 < 3.10.4"		-		Affected
Github Search vendor "Github"		Enterprise Server Search vendor "Github" for product "Enterprise Server"				3.11.0 Search vendor "Github" for product "Enterprise Server" and version "3.11.0"		-		Affected