CVE-2023-51379
Incorrect Authorization for Issue Comments in GitHub Enterprise Server
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- GitHub_P
Description
An incorrect authorization vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed issue comments to be updated with an improperly scoped token. This vulnerability did not allow unauthorized access to any repository content as it also required contents:write and issues:read permissions. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server since 3.7 and was fixed in version 3.17.19, 3.8.12, 3.9.7, 3.10.4, and 3.11.1.
Timeline
ID reserved
By GitHub_P
- 3 days later
· 3 days later
Published
- 8 months later
· 8 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_PCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium4.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium4.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.61% · top 50% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.9.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected 3.7.0 – ≤ 3.7.18
- affected 3.8.0 – ≤ 3.8.11
- affected 3.9.0 – ≤ 3.9.6
- affected 3.10.0 – ≤ 3.10.3
- affected 3.11 – ≤ 3.11.0
References (5)
- https://docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes#3.7.19 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes#3.8.12 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes#3.9.7 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes#3.10.4 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes#3.11.1 (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)
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