CVE-2023-51379 (GCVE-0-2023-51379)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-12-21 20:45 – Updated: 2024-08-02 22:32
VLAI?
Title
Incorrect Authorization for Issue Comments in GitHub Enterprise Server
Summary
An incorrect authorization vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed issue comments to be updated with an improperly scoped token. This vulnerability did not allow unauthorized access to any repository content as it also required contents:write and issues:read permissions. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server since 3.7 and was fixed in version 3.17.19, 3.8.12, 3.9.7, 3.10.4, and 3.11.1. 
Severity ?
4.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
GitHub Enterprise Server Affected: 3.7.0 , ≤ 3.7.18 (semver)
Affected: 3.8.0 , ≤ 3.8.11 (semver)
Affected: 3.9.0 , ≤ 3.9.6 (semver)
Affected: 3.10.0 , ≤ 3.10.3 (semver)
Affected: 3.11 , ≤ 3.11.0 (semver)
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Douglas Day
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