CVE-2025-6981 (GCVE-0-2025-6981)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-15 20:44 – Updated: 2025-07-16 19:04
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Summary
An incorrect authorization vulnerability allowed unauthorized read access to the contents of internal repositories for contractor accounts when the Contractors API feature was enabled. The Contractors API is a rarely-enabled feature in private preview. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.18 and was fixed in versions 3.14.15, 3.15.10, 3.16.6 and 3.17.3
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N
CWE
  • CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization
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Vendor Product Version
GitHub Enterprise Server Affected: 3.14.0 , < 3.14.15 (semver)
Affected: 3.15.0 , < 3.15.10 (semver)
Affected: 3.16.0 , < 3.16.6 (semver)
Affected: 3.17.0 , < 3.17.3 (semver)
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