Privilege Management vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed GitHub Apps to grant themselves write access
Vulnerability Description
A GitHub App installed in organizations could upgrade some permissions from read to write access without approval from an organization administrator. An attacker would require an account with administrator access to install a malicious GitHub App. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.14 and was fixed in versions 3.14.1, 3.13.4, 3.12.9, 3.11.15, and 3.10.17. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.
Impact Analysis
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Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:
- ahacker1
References
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.10/admin/release-notes#3.10.17
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.11/admin/release-notes#3.11.15
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.12/admin/release-notes#3.12.9
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.13/admin/release-notes#3.13.4
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.14/admin/release-notes#3.14.1
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