Description
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
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- 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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- Attack Vector
- network
- Complexity
- low
- Privileges
- low
- User Action
- none
- Confidentiality
- undefined
- Integrity
- undefined
- Availability
- undefined
- Weaknesses
- CWE-863
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- GITHUB
- Published
- 7/15/2025
- Last Modified
- 8/27/2025
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
github : enterprise_servergithub : enterprise_servergithub : enterprise_servergithub : enterprise_server
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