CVE-2021-22866
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-05-14 21:10
Modified
2024-08-03 18:51
Severity ?
Summary
UI misrepresentation of granted permissions in GitHub Enterprise Server leading to unauthorized access to user resources
Impacted products
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