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CVE-2024-5795: Denial of Service vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed resource exhaustion
- Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 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: 2024-07-16 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-400
Description
A Denial of Service vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed an attacker to cause unbounded resource exhaustion by sending a large payload to the Git server. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.14 and was fixed in version 3.13.1, 3.12.6, 3.11.12, 3.10.14, and 3.9.17. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.
Affected products
- GitHub Enterprise Server: from 3.9.0 before 3.9.17; from 3.10.0 before 3.10.14; from 3.11.0 before 3.11.12; from 3.12.0 before 3.12.6; 3.13.0 — fixed in 3.10.14, 3.11.12, 3.12.6, 3.9.17
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: GitHub Enterprise Server 3.10.14, 3.11.12, 3.12.6, 3.9.17. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.10/admin/release-notes#3.10.14
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.11/admin/release-notes#3.11.12
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.12/admin/release-notes#3.12.6
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.13/admin/release-notes#3.13.1
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.9/admin/release-notes#3.9.17
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.10/admin/release-notes#3.10.14
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.11/admin/release-notes#3.11.12
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.12/admin/release-notes#3.12.6
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.13/admin/release-notes#3.13.1
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.9/admin/release-notes#3.9.17
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