CVE-2023-237617.7HighCWE-287

CVE-2023-23761: Improper authentication vulnerability in GitHub Enterprise Server leading to modification of secret gists

GitHub · Enterprise Server

Vendor fix available · Affected: GitHub Enterprise Server · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)

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0.5%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

40th percentile

050100

Higher than 40% of scored CVEs

7.7HighCVSS 3.1

LowMediumHighCrit.

DescriptionCVE.org

An improper authentication vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed an unauthorized actor to modify other users' secret gists by authenticating through an SSH certificate authority. To do so, a user had to know the secret gist's URL. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.9 and was fixed in versions 3.4.18, 3.5.15, 3.6.11, 3.7.8, and 3.8.1. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.

Affected products1

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GitHub · Enterprise Serverfrom 3.4.0 up to and including 3.4.17; from 3.5.0 up to and including 3.5.14; from 3.6.0 up to and including 3.6.10; from 3.7.0 up to and including 3.7.7; from 3.8.0 before 3.8.1

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Exploitation: Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
CISA KEV: Not listed
Public check: No public nuclei template
Weakness: Improper Authentication · Authentication
Vendor: GitHub
Published: April 2023
Band: Unlikely (under 1%), April 2023
Bounty reports: 1 disclosed on HackerOne

Disclosed bug bounty reports about CVE-2023-23761

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Authentication bypass on gist.github.com through SSH CertificatesGitHub · 2023 · high severityValid

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