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CVE-2024-6800

GitHub GitHub Enterprise Server — An XML signature wrapping vulnerability was present in GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES) when using SAML authentication with specific ident…

Description · from the CVE record

An XML signature wrapping vulnerability was present in GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES) when using SAML authentication with specific identity providers utilizing publicly exposed signed federation metadata XML. This vulnerability allowed an attacker with direct network access to GitHub Enterprise Server to forge a SAML response to provision and/or gain access to a user with site administrator privileges. Exploitation of this vulnerability would allow unauthorized access to the instance without requiring prior authentication. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.14 and was fixed in versions 3.13.3, 3.12.8, 3.11.14, and 3.10.16. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
GitHub Enterprise Server3.13.0 – 3.13.2–CNA
GitHub Enterprise Server3.12.0 – 3.12.7–CNA
GitHub Enterprise Server3.11.0 – 3.11.13–CNA
GitHub Enterprise Server3.10.0 – 3.10.15–CNA
enterprise_server3.13.0 – 3.13.23.13.3CISA-ADP
enterprise_server3.12.0 – 3.12.73.13.3CISA-ADP
enterprise_server3.11.0 – 3.11.133.13.3CISA-ADP
enterprise_server3.10.0 – 3.10.153.13.3CISA-ADP

Scores by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub_P (CNA)9.5CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:H/SI:H/SA:L/R:U/V:C/RE:H/U:Red
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

References

refdocs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes#3.13.3refdocs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes#3.12.8refdocs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes#3.11.14refdocs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes#3.10.16