CVE-2025-3509: Pre-Receive Hook Remote Code Execution vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowing Privilege Escalation
GitHub · Enterprise Server
Vendor fix available · Affected: GitHub Enterprise Server · Exploitation: possible (1 to 10%)
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Higher than 71% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
A Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed attackers to execute arbitrary code by exploiting the pre-receive hook functionality, potentially leading to privilege escalation and system compromise. The vulnerability involves using dynamically allocated ports that become temporarily available, such as during a hot patch upgrade. This means the vulnerability is only exploitable during specific operational conditions, which limits the attack window. Exploitation required either site administrator permissions to enable and configure pre-receive hooks or a user with permissions to modify repositories containing pre-receive hooks where this functionality was already enabled. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.18 and was fixed in versions 3.17.1, 3.16.4, 3.15.8, 3.14.13, 3.13.16. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- GitHub · Enterprise Serverfrom 3.13.0 up to and including 3.13.15; from 3.14.0 up to and including 3.14.12; from 3.15.0 up to and including 3.15.7; from 3.16.0 up to and including 3.16.3; from 13.17.0 before 13.17.1
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- Exploitation
- Possible (1 to 10%). EPSS between 1% and 10%.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- GitHub
- Published
- April 2025
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