CVE-2023-6803 Race Condition allows Unauthorized Outside Collaborator

Medium 5.8 Published Updated

A race condition allows unauthorized outside collaborators to be added during repository transfers, potentially granting unintended access.

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-2023-6803?

CVE-2023-6803 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 allows an outside collaborator to be added while a repository is being transferred. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server since 3.8 and was fixed in version 3.8.12, 3.9.7, 3.10.4, and 3.11.1.

Weakness: CWE-367

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-6803?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Github Enterprise Server.

How do I fix CVE-2023-6803?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-6803 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2023-6803 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-6803 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Github Enterprise Server vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-g77w-7799-j8hq.

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