CVE-2024-1082 Path traversal in Enterprise Server

Medium 6.3 Published Updated

An attacker with Pages build permissions can read arbitrary files via path traversal in GitHub Enterprise Server.

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-2024-1082?

CVE-2024-1082 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Github Enterprise Server, published on 13 Feb 2024. 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 an attacker to gain unauthorized read permission to files by deploying arbitrary symbolic links to a GitHub Pages site with a specially crafted artifact tarball. 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 prior to 3.12 and was fixed in versions 3.8.15, 3.9.10, 3.10.7, 3.11.5. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1082?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Github Enterprise Server.

How do I fix CVE-2024-1082?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1082 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-2024-1082 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1082 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-54qf-h346-xgmg.

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