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GHSA-C8M8-VX8J-3WR3

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-03-02 21:30 – Updated: 2023-03-10 21:30

Details

A code injection vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed setting arbitrary environment variables from a single environment variable value in GitHub Actions when using a Windows based runner. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need existing permission to control the value of environment variables for use with GitHub Actions. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.8.0 and was fixed in versions 3.4.15, 3.5.12, 3.6.8, 3.7.5. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.

Severity ?

8.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2023-22381 (GCVE-0-2023-22381)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-03-02 20:54 – Updated: 2025-03-05 20:05

Title

Code injection in GitHub Enterprise Server leading to arbitrary environment variables in GitHub Actions

Summary

Severity ?

4.1 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CWE

CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Assigner

GitHub_P

References

URL

Tags

	https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.7/…
	https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.6/…
	https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.5/…
	https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.4/…
	https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.8/…

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	GitHub	Enterprise Server	Affected: 3.4.0 , ≤ 3.4.14 (semver) Affected: 3.5.0 , ≤ 3.5.11 (semver) Affected: 3.6.0 , ≤ 3.6.7 (semver) Affected: 3.7.0 , ≤ 3.7.4 (semver) Unaffected: 3.8.0

Credits

RyotaK

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Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-C8M8-VX8J-3WR3

CVE-2023-22381 (GCVE-0-2023-22381)

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