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CVE-2024-10007: Pre-Receive Hook Path Collision Vulnerability in GitHub Enterprise Server Allowing Privilege Escalation

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-11-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-59

Description

A path collision and arbitrary code execution vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed container escape to escalate to root via ghe-firejail path. Exploitation of this vulnerability requires Enterprise Administrator access to the GitHub Enterprise Server instance. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise prior to 3.15 and was fixed in versions 3.14.3, 3.13.6, 3.12.11, and 3.11.17. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.

Affected products

• GitHub Enterprise Server: before 3.11.17; from 3.12.0 before 3.12.11; from 3.13.0 before 3.13.6; from 3.14.0 before 3.14.3 — fixed in 3.11.17, 3.12.11, 3.13.6, 3.14.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GitHub Enterprise Server 3.11.17, 3.12.11, 3.13.6, 3.14.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.11/admin/release-notes#3.11.17
• https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.12/admin/release-notes#3.12.11
• https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.13/admin/release-notes#3.13.6
• https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.14/admin/release-notes#3.14.3

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