SB2025052215 - Multiple vulnerabilities in GitHub Enterprise Server
Published: May 22, 2025
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 3 vulnerabilities.
1) Missing authorization (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-3124)
CWE-ID: CWE-862 - Missing Authorization
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote user to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to missing authorization checks. A remote user can see private repository names in the GitHub Advanced Security Overview when filtering with only "archived:".
2) Exposed dangerous method or function (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-3509)
CWE-ID: CWE-749 - Exposed Dangerous Method or Function
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists within the pre-receive hook functionality, which becomes available during a hot patch upgrade. A remote user with site administrator permissions or a user with privileges to modify repositories containing pre-receive hooks can execute arbitrary code on the system.
3) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-3246)
CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote user can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.13/admin/release-notes#3.13.14
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.14/admin/release-notes#3.14.11
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.15/admin/release-notes#3.15.6
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.16/admin/release-notes#3.16.2