CVE-2024-1908
Improper Privilege Management vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed Privilege Escalation
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Description
An Improper Privilege Management vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed an attacker to use the Enterprise Actions GitHub Connect download token to fetch private repository data. An attacker would require an account on the server instance with non-default settings for GitHub Connect. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.12 and was fixed in versions 3.8.16, 3.9.11, 3.10.8, and 3.11.6. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_PCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium6.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.61% · top 51% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.3.
Weakness
Affected products
GitHub · Enterprise Server
- affected 3.8.0 – < 3.8.16
- affected 3.9.0 – < 3.9.11
- affected 3.10.0 – < 3.10.8
- affected 3.11.0 – < 3.11.6
- unaffected 3.12.0
References (4)
- https://docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes/#3.8.16 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes/#3.9.11 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://https://docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes#3.10.8 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://https://docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes#3.11.16 (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)
Record last updated .