CVE-2023-22380 Path traversal in GitHub Enterprise Server leading to arbitrary file reading when building a GitHub Pages site

Medium 6.5 Published 16 Feb 2023 Updated 19 Mar 2025

An attacker with permission to build GitHub Pages sites can read arbitrary files on the server via path traversal.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2023-22380?

CVE-2023-22380 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Github Enterprise Server, published on 16 Feb 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A path traversal vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed arbitrary file reading when building a GitHub Pages site. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need permission to create and build a GitHub Pages site on the GitHub Enterprise Server instance. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server since 3.7 and was fixed in version 3.7.6. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-22380?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Github Enterprise Server.

How do I fix CVE-2023-22380?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-22380 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2023-22380 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-22380 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-vwqq-p7w6-hwg3.