Back
CVE-2023-23765
Incorrect comparison vulnerability in GitHub Enterprise Server leading to commit smuggling
Medium4.8EPSS 0.61%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- GitHub_P
Description
An incorrect comparison vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed commit smuggling by displaying an incorrect diff in a re-opened Pull Request. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need write access to the repository. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty Program https://bounty.github.com/ .
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_PCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium4.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.61% · top 51% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
Loading the EPSS history…
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.8.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected 3.6.0 – < 3.6.16
- affected 3.7.0 – < 3.7.13
- affected 3.8.0 – < 3.8.6
- affected 3.9.0 – < 3.9.1
References (4)
- https://docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes#3.6.16 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes#3.7.13 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes#3.8.9 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes#3.9.1 (opens in a new tab)x_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)
Badge for a README or a ticket
[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2023-23765)Record last updated .