Improper authorization in GitHub Projects allows modification of issue and pull request metadata without repository write access
Published Mar 10, 2026
5.3
MEDIUMCVSS 4.0
EPSS 0.43%
Description
An improper authorization vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed a user with read access to a repository and write access to a project to modify issue and pull request metadata through the project. When adding an item to a project that already existed, column value updates were applied without verifying the actor's repository write permissions. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program and has been fixed in GitHub Enterprise Server versions 3.14.24, 3.15.19, 3.16.15, 3.17.12, 3.18.6 and 3.19.3.
Affected products
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- Version 3.14.0StatusaffectedConstraints<=3.14.23
- Version 3.15.0StatusaffectedConstraints<=3.15.18
- Version 3.16.0StatusaffectedConstraints<=3.16.14
- Version 3.17.0StatusaffectedConstraints<=3.17.11
- Version 3.18.0StatusaffectedConstraints<=3.18.5
- Version 3.19.0StatusaffectedConstraints<=3.19.2
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| GitHub | Enterprise Server | affected |
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- < 3.14.24
- ≥ 3.15.0 · < 3.15.19
- ≥ 3.16.0 · < 3.16.15
- ≥ 3.17.0 · < 3.17.12
- ≥ 3.18.0 · < 3.18.6
- ≥ 3.19.0 · < 3.19.3
No data.
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No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
References (7)
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.14/admin/release-notes#3.14.24 Release Notes
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.15/admin/release-notes#3.15.19 Release Notes
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.16/admin/release-notes#3.16.15 Release Notes
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.17/admin/release-notes#3.17.12 Release Notes
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.18/admin/release-notes#3.18.6 Release Notes
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.19/admin/release-notes#3.19.3 Release Notes
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-10742 Advisory
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