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CVE-2023-51379: Incorrect Authorization for Issue Comments in GitHub Enterprise Server
- Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2023-12-21 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-863
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.
Affected products
- GitHub Enterprise Server: from 3.7.0 before 3.7.19; from 3.8.0 before 3.8.12; from 3.9.0 before 3.9.7; from 3.10.0 before 3.10.4; 3.11.0 — fixed in 3.10.4, 3.7.19, 3.8.12, 3.9.7
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: GitHub Enterprise Server 3.10.4, 3.7.19, 3.8.12, 3.9.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.10/admin/release-notes#3.10.4
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.11/admin/release-notes#3.11.1
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.7/admin/release-notes#3.7.19
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.8/admin/release-notes#3.8.12
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.9/admin/release-notes#3.9.7
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.10/admin/release-notes#3.10.4
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.11/admin/release-notes#3.11.1
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.7/admin/release-notes#3.7.19
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.8/admin/release-notes#3.8.12
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.9/admin/release-notes#3.9.7
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