CVE-2024-3470 (GCVE-0-2024-3470)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-04-19 14:17 – Updated: 2024-08-01 20:12
VLAI
Title
Repository administrator can bypass organization's ruleset using deploy keys
Summary
An Improper Privilege Management vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed an attacker to use a deploy key pertaining to an organization to bypass an organization ruleset. An attacker would require access to a valid deploy key for a repository in the organization as well as repository administrator access. This vulnerability affected versions of GitHub Enterprise Server 3.11 to 3.12 and was fixed in versions 3.11.8 and 3.12.2. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-04-23 15:05 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
GitHub_P CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 84/100 over 23 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
GitHub Enterprise Server Affected: 3.11.0 , < 3.11.18 (semver)
Affected: 3.12.0 , < 3.12.2 (semver)
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github enterprise_server Affected: 3.11
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Date Public
2024-04-19 14:22
Credits
Ali Shehab Ali Kalout
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