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GHSA-Q9J8-8R5F-J3WM

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-11-08 00:30 – Updated: 2025-08-27 18:31

Details

A GitHub App installed in organizations could upgrade some permissions from read to write access without approval from an organization administrator. An attacker would require an account with administrator access to install a malicious GitHub App. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.14 and was fixed in versions 3.14.1, 3.13.4, 3.12.9, 3.11.15, and 3.10.17. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.

Severity ?

6.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

8.7 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/S:P/AU:N/R:U/V:C/RE:L/U:Amber

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    "severity": "HIGH"
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  "modified": "2025-08-27T18:31:50Z",
  "published": "2024-11-08T00:30:45Z",
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CVE-2024-8810 (GCVE-0-2024-8810)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-11-07 21:24 – Updated: 2024-11-08 15:47

Summary

Severity ?

8.7 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/S:P/AU:N/R:U/V:C/RE:L/U:Amber

CWE

CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management

Assigner

GitHub_P

References

URL

Tags

	https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.10…
	https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.11…
	https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.12…
	https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.13…
	https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.14…

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	GitHub	Enterprise Server	Affected: 3.10.0 , ≤ 3.10.16 (semver) Affected: 3.11.0 , ≤ 3.11.14 (semver) Affected: 3.12.0 , ≤ 3.12.8 (semver) Affected: 3.13.0 , ≤ 3.13.3 (semver) Affected: 3.14 , ≤ 3.14.0 (semver)

Credits

ahacker1

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-Q9J8-8R5F-J3WM

CVE-2024-8810 (GCVE-0-2024-8810)

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