GitHub Enterprise Server up to 3.9.12/3.10.9/3.11.7/3.12.0 GraphQL Mutation toctou

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A vulnerability was found in GitHub Enterprise Server up to 3.9.12/3.10.9/3.11.7/3.12.0. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the component GraphQL Mutation Handler. The manipulation leads to toctou. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2024-2440. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in GitHub Enterprise Server up to 3.9.12/3.10.9/3.11.7/3.12.0. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component GraphQL Mutation Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a toctou vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-367. The product checks the state of a resource before using that resource, but the resource's state can change between the check and the use in a way that invalidates the results of the check. This can cause the product to perform invalid actions when the resource is in an unexpected state. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A race condition in GitHub Enterprise Server allowed an existing admin to maintain permissions on a detached repository by making a GraphQL mutation to alter repository permissions while the repository is detached. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.13 and was fixed in versions 3.9.13, 3.10.10, 3.11.8 and 3.12.1. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.

The weakness was presented by Inspector-ambitious. It is possible to read the advisory at docs.github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-2440 since 03/13/2024. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading to version 3.9.13, 3.10.10, 3.11.8, 3.12.1 or 3.13 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Bug Tracking Software

Vendor

• GitHub

Name

• Enterprise Server

Version

• 3.0
• 3.1
• 3.2
• 3.3
• 3.4
• 3.5
• 3.6
• 3.7
• 3.8
• 3.9
• 3.9.0
• 3.9.1
• 3.9.2
• 3.9.3
• 3.9.4
• 3.9.5
• 3.9.6
• 3.9.7
• 3.9.8
• 3.9.9
• 3.9.10
• 3.9.11
• 3.9.12
• 3.10
• 3.10.0
• 3.10.1
• 3.10.2
• 3.10.3
• 3.10.4
• 3.10.5
• 3.10.6
• 3.10.7
• 3.10.8
• 3.10.9
• 3.11
• 3.11.0
• 3.11.1
• 3.11.2
• 3.11.3
• 3.11.4
• 3.11.5
• 3.11.6
• 3.11.7
• 3.12.0

License

• open-source

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