CVE-2026-5512
Improper authorization vulnerability in GitHub Enterprise Server allowed disclosure of private repository names via mobile upload policy API
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Description
An improper authorization vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed an authenticated attacker to determine the names of private repositories by their numeric ID. The mobile upload policy API endpoint did not perform an early authorization check, and validation error messages included the full repository name for repositories the caller did not have access to. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.21 and was fixed in versions 3.20.1, 3.19.5, 3.18.8, 3.17.14, 3.16.17, 3.15.21, and 3.14.26. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_PCNA (assigner) | 4.0 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 4.0 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.30% · top 78% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.3.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected 3.14.0 – ≤ 3.14.25
- affected 3.15.0 – ≤ 3.15.20
- affected 3.16.0 – ≤ 3.16.16
- affected 3.17.0 – ≤ 3.17.13
- affected 3.18.0 – ≤ 3.18.7
- affected 3.19.0 – ≤ 3.19.4
- affected 3.20.0 – < 3.20.1
References (7)
- https://docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes#3.14.26 (opens in a new tab)
- https://docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes#3.15.21 (opens in a new tab)
- https://docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes#3.16.17 (opens in a new tab)
- https://docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes#3.17.14 (opens in a new tab)
- https://docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes#3.18.8 (opens in a new tab)
- https://docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes#3.19.5 (opens in a new tab)
- https://docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes#3.20.1 (opens in a new tab)
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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