VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2024-6800

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL

EPSS probability1.53%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2024-08-20

Last modified2026-06-17

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

Description

An XML signature wrapping vulnerability was present in GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES) when using SAML authentication with specific identity providers utilizing publicly exposed signed federation metadata XML. This vulnerability allowed an attacker with direct network access to GitHub Enterprise Server to forge a SAML response to provision and/or gain access to a user with site administrator privileges. Exploitation of this vulnerability would allow unauthorized access to the instance without requiring prior authentication. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.14 and was fixed in versions 3.13.3, 3.12.8, 3.11.14, and 3.10.16. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.

Weakness classification

product-cna@github.com: CWE-347
nvd@nist.gov: CWE-347

Primary references

product-cna@github.com — Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
product-cna@github.com — Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
product-cna@github.com — Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
product-cna@github.com — Release Notes, Vendor Advisory