CVE-2023-22380 (GCVE-0-2023-22380)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-02-16 00:00 – Updated: 2025-03-19 15:35
VLAI
Title
Path traversal in GitHub Enterprise Server leading to arbitrary file reading when building a GitHub Pages site
Summary
A path traversal vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed arbitrary file reading when building a GitHub Pages site. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need permission to create and build a GitHub Pages site on the GitHub Enterprise Server instance. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server since 3.7 and was fixed in version 3.7.6. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-03-19 15:35 UTC
CWE
Assigner
GitHub_P CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 83/100 over 28 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
GitHub GitHub Enterprise Server Affected: 3.7 , < 3.7.6 (custom)
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yvvdwf
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