CVE-2023-6804: Improper Privilege Management allows for arbitrary workflows to be run

6.5 CVSS

Description

Improper privilege management allowed arbitrary workflows to be committed and run using an improperly scoped PAT. To exploit this, a workflow must have already existed in the target repo. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server since 3.8 and was fixed in version 3.8.12, 3.9.7, 3.10.4, and 3.11.1.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2023-6804

CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS Base Score: 6.5

Affected Products

Vendor: GitHub

Product: Enterprise Server

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.05% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 17.81% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-03 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes#3.8.12
https://docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes#3.9.7
https://docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes#3.10.4
https://docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes#3.11.1

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