CVE-2022-23740 (GCVE-0-2022-23740)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-11-23 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-28 14:18
VLAI?
Summary
CRITICAL: An improper neutralization of argument delimiters in a command vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that enabled remote code execution. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need permission to create and build GitHub Pages using GitHub Actions. This vulnerability affected only version 3.7.0 of GitHub Enterprise Server and was fixed in version 3.7.1. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.
Severity ?
8.8 (High)
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub | GitHub Enterprise Server |
Affected:
3.7 , < 3.7.1
(custom)
|
Credits
yvvdwf
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Sightings
| Author | Source | Type | Date |
|---|
Nomenclature
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