CVE-2024-10007 Pre-Receive Hook Path Collision Vulnerability in GitHub Enterprise Server Allowing Privilege Escalation

High 8.7 Published 7 Nov 2024 Updated 8 Nov 2024

Privileged users can exploit path collisions to escape containers and gain root access on GitHub Enterprise Server instances.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: An administrator
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2024-10007?

CVE-2024-10007 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Github Enterprise Server, published on 7 Nov 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A path collision and arbitrary code execution vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed container escape to escalate to root via ghe-firejail path. Exploitation of this vulnerability requires Enterprise Administrator access to the GitHub Enterprise Server instance. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise prior to 3.15 and was fixed in versions 3.14.3, 3.13.6, 3.12.11, and 3.11.17. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.

Weakness: CWE-59

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-10007?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Github Enterprise Server.

How do I fix CVE-2024-10007?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-10007 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-2024-10007 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-10007 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-8w9v-ch8x-63jr.