CVE-2025-6981 (GCVE-0-2025-6981)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-15 20:44 – Updated: 2025-07-16 19:04
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Incorrect authorization vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed unauthorized read-only access
Summary
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
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-07-16 19:04 UTC
CWE
- CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization
Assigner
References
4 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.14… | release-notes |
| https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.15… | release-notes |
| https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.16… | release-notes |
| https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.17… | release-notes |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub | Enterprise Server |
Affected:
3.14.0 , < 3.14.15
(semver)
Affected: 3.15.0 , < 3.15.10 (semver) Affected: 3.16.0 , < 3.16.6 (semver) Affected: 3.17.0 , < 3.17.3 (semver) |
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The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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