CVE-2024-1355: Command injection vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed privilege escalation in the Mangement Console

9.1 CVSS

Description

A command injection vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed an attacker with an editor role in the Management Console to gain admin SSH access to the appliance via the actions-console docker container while setting a service URL. Exploitation of this vulnerability required access to the GitHub Enterprise Server instance and access to the Management Console with the editor role. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.12 and was fixed in versions 3.11.5, 3.10.7, 3.9.10, and 3.8.15. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-1355

CVSS Base Severity: CRITICAL

CVSS Base Score: 9.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

Affected Products

Vendor: GitHub

Product: Enterprise Server

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.26% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 49.65% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-04-18 (when was this score calculated)

Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC)

SSVC Exploitation: none

SSVC Technical Impact: total

SSVC Automatable: false

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1355
https://docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes#3.8.15
https://docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes#3.9.10
https://docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes#3.10.7
https://docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes#3.11.5

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