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CVE-2012-2055
GitHub Enterprise before 20120304 does not properly restrict the use of a hash to provide values for a model's attributes, which allows…
High7.5EPSS 1.8%
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- mitre
Description
GitHub Enterprise before 20120304 does not properly restrict the use of a hash to provide values for a model's attributes, which allows remote attackers to set the public_key[user_id] value via a modified URL for the public-key update form, related to a "mass assignment" vulnerability.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.8% · top 21% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (4)
- http://homakov.blogspot.com/2012/03/how-to.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://lwn.net/Articles/488702/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/blog/1068-public-key-security-vulnerability-and-mitigation (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- github-hash-security-bypass(74812) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .