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CVE-2024-8810: Privilege Management vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed GitHub Apps to grant themselves write access

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% 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-269

Description

A GitHub App installed in organizations could upgrade some permissions from read to write access without approval from an organization administrator. An attacker would require an account with administrator access to install a malicious GitHub App. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.14 and was fixed in versions 3.14.1, 3.13.4, 3.12.9, 3.11.15, and 3.10.17. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.

Affected products

• GitHub Enterprise Server: from 3.10.0 before 3.10.17; from 3.11.0 before 3.11.15; from 3.12.0 before 3.12.9; from 3.13.0 before 3.13.4; 3.14.0 — fixed in 3.10.17, 3.11.15, 3.12.9, 3.13.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GitHub Enterprise Server 3.10.17, 3.11.15, 3.12.9, 3.13.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.10/admin/release-notes#3.10.17
• https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.11/admin/release-notes#3.11.15
• https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.12/admin/release-notes#3.12.9
• https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.13/admin/release-notes#3.13.4
• https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.14/admin/release-notes#3.14.1

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