CVE-2023-46649 Race Condition allows Administrative Access on Organization Repositories

Medium 6.3 Published Updated

A race condition in GitHub Enterprise Server allows attackers to gain administrative access to organization repositories during user-to-organization conversion.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2023-46649?

CVE-2023-46649 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Github Enterprise Server, published on 21 Dec 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

A race condition in GitHub Enterprise Server was identified that could allow an attacker administrator access. To exploit this, an organization needs to be converted from a user. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server since 3.7 and was fixed in version 3.7.19, 3.8.12, 3.9.7, 3.10.4, and 3.11.1.

Weakness: CWE-367

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-46649?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Github Enterprise Server.

How do I fix CVE-2023-46649?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-46649 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2023-46649 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-46649 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Github Enterprise Server vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-hjjg-h2xg-wpg8.

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