GitHub Enterprise Server up to 3.14.0 privileges management

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in GitHub Enterprise Server up to 3.10.16/3.11.14/3.12.8/3.13.3/3.14.0. It has been classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function. This manipulation causes privileges management. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-8810. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability 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. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A GitHub App installed in organizations could upgrade some permissions from read to write access without approval from an organization administrator. An attacker would require an account with administrator access to install a malicious GitHub App. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.14 and was fixed in versions 3.14.1, 3.13.4, 3.12.9, 3.11.15, and 3.10.17. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.

The weakness was shared by Ahacker1. It is possible to read the advisory at docs.github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-8810 since 09/13/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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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