GitHub Enterprise Server up to 3.14.0 PAT privileges management

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in GitHub Enterprise Server up to 3.10.16/3.11.14/3.12.8/3.13.3/3.14.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component PAT Handler. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2024-8263. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in GitHub Enterprise Server up to 3.10.16/3.11.14/3.12.8/3.13.3/3.14.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component PAT Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

An improper privilege management vulnerability allowed arbitrary workflows to be committed using an improperly scoped PAT through the use of nested tags. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server and was fixed in version 3.10.17, 3.11.15, 3.12.9, 3.13.4, and 3.14.1. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.

The weakness was released by Syvb. The advisory is shared for download at docs.github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-8263 since 08/28/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploitation needs additional levels of successful authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

Upgrading to version 3.10.17, 3.11.15, 3.12.9, 3.13.4 or 3.14.1 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at docs.github.com.

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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
• 3.10
• 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
• 3.10.10
• 3.10.11
• 3.10.12
• 3.10.13
• 3.10.14
• 3.10.15
• 3.10.16
• 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
• 3.11.8
• 3.11.9
• 3.11.10
• 3.11.11
• 3.11.12
• 3.11.13
• 3.11.14
• 3.12
• 3.12.0
• 3.12.1
• 3.12.2
• 3.12.3
• 3.12.4
• 3.12.5
• 3.12.6
• 3.12.7
• 3.12.8
• 3.13
• 3.13.0
• 3.13.1
• 3.13.2
• 3.13.3
• 3.14.0

License

• open-source

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