An authentication bypass vulnerability was present in the GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES) when utilizing SAML single sign-on authentication with the optional encrypted assertions feature
Published May 20, 2024
10.0
CRITICALCVSS 4.0
EPSS 2.57%
Description
An authentication bypass vulnerability was present in the GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES) when utilizing SAML single sign-on authentication with the optional encrypted assertions feature. This vulnerability allowed an attacker to forge a SAML response to provision and/or gain access to a user with site administrator privileges. Exploitation of this vulnerability would allow unauthorized access to the instance without requiring prior authentication. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.13.0 and was fixed in versions 3.9.15, 3.10.12, 3.11.10 and 3.12.4. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.
Affected products
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Affected
- ≥ 3.10.0, ≤ 3.10.11
- ≥ 3.11.0, ≤ 3.11.9
- ≥ 3.12.0, ≤ 3.12.3
- ≥ 3.9.0, ≤ 3.9.14
Unaffected
- 3.13.0
Default status is the baseline for the product. Each version can override it (patched versions can be marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub | Enterprise Server | affected | Affected
Unaffected
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- < 3.9.15
- ≥ 3.10.0 · < 3.10.12
- ≥ 3.11.0 · < 3.11.10
- ≥ 3.12.0 · < 3.12.4
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Affected
- ≥ 3.10.0, ≤ 3.10.12
- ≥ 3.11.0, ≤ 3.11.10
- ≥ 3.12.0, ≤ 3.12.3
- ≥ 3.9.0, ≤ 3.9.14
Default status is the baseline for the product. Each version can override it (patched versions can be marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub | Enterprise Server | unknown | Affected
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No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
References (5)
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.10/admin/release-notes#3.10.12 Release Notes
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.11/admin/release-notes#3.11.10 Release Notes
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.12/admin/release-notes#3.12.4 Release Notes
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.9/admin/release-notes#3.9.15 Release Notes
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2024-44539 Advisory
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