GitHub Enterprise Server up to 3.16.x authorization

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A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in GitHub Enterprise Server up to 3.13.13/3.14.10/3.15.5/3.16.1/3.16.x. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to authorization. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2025-3124. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in GitHub Enterprise Server up to 3.13.13/3.14.10/3.15.5/3.16.1/3.16.x. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-862. The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

A missing authorization vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed a user to see the names of private repositories that they wouldn't otherwise have access to in the Security Overview in GitHub Advanced Security. The Security Overview was required to be filtered only using the `archived:` filter and all other access controls were functioning normally. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.17 and was fixed in versions 3.13.14, 3.14.11, 3.15.6, and 3.16.2.

It is possible to read the advisory at docs.github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-3124 since 04/02/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading to version 3.17.0 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
• 3.11
• 3.12
• 3.13
• 3.13.0
• 3.13.1
• 3.13.2
• 3.13.3
• 3.13.4
• 3.13.5
• 3.13.6
• 3.13.7
• 3.13.8
• 3.13.9
• 3.13.10
• 3.13.11
• 3.13.12
• 3.13.13
• 3.14
• 3.14.0
• 3.14.1
• 3.14.2
• 3.14.3
• 3.14.4
• 3.14.5
• 3.14.6
• 3.14.7
• 3.14.8
• 3.14.9
• 3.14.10
• 3.15
• 3.15.0
• 3.15.1
• 3.15.2
• 3.15.3
• 3.15.4
• 3.15.5
• 3.16
• 3.16.0
• 3.16.1

License

• open-source

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