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Incorrect Authorization vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed unauthorized merging of pull requests

Published Feb 18, 2026

Description

An incorrect authorization vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed an attacker to merge their own pull request into a repository without having push access by exploiting an authorization bypass in the enable_auto_merge mutation for pull requests. This issue only affected repositories that allow forking as the attack relies on opening a pull request from an attacker-controlled fork into the target repository. Exploitation was only possible in specific scenarios. It required a clean pull request status and only applied to branches without branch protection rules enabled. This vulnerability affected GitHub Enterprise Server versions prior to 3.19.2, 3.18.5, and 3.17.11, and was fixed in versions 3.19.2, 3.18.5, and 3.17.11. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner GitHub_P
Published Feb 18, 2026
Updated Apr 14, 2026
Reserved Feb 5, 2026
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated Feb 19, 2026
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
ENISA EUVD
Assigner GitHub_P
Published Feb 18, 2026
Updated Apr 14, 2026
Exploited since n/a
EUVD-2026-7963