CVE-2023-6804 Improper Privilege Management allows for arbitrary workflows to be run

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

Attackers can execute arbitrary workflows in GitHub Enterprise Server due to improper privilege management with scoped Personal Access Tokens.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2023-6804?

CVE-2023-6804 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, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Improper privilege management allowed arbitrary workflows to be committed and run using an improperly scoped PAT. To exploit this, a workflow must have already existed in the target repo. 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-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-6804?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Github Enterprise Server.

How do I fix CVE-2023-6804?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-6804 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2023-6804 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-6804 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Github Enterprise Server vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-64q3-rq3x-xvfj.

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