CVE-2022-23737 (GCVE-0-2022-23737)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-12-01 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-24 14:32
VLAI
Title
Improper Privilege Management in GitHub Enterprise Server leading to page creation and deletion
Summary
An improper privilege management vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed users with improper privileges to create or delete pages via the API. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need to be added to an organization's repo with write permissions. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.7 and was fixed in versions 3.2.20, 3.3.15, 3.4.10, 3.5.7, and 3.6.3. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub | GitHub Enterprise Server |
Affected:
3.2 , < 3.2.20
(custom)
Affected: 3.3 , < 3.3.15 (custom) Affected: 3.4 , < 3.4.10 (custom) Affected: 3.5 , < 3.5.7 (custom) Affected: 3.6 , < 3.6.3 (custom) |
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