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CVE-2023-22381

MEDIUM
4.1
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

A code injection vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed setting arbitrary environment variables from a single environment variable value in GitHub Actions when using a Windows based runner. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need existing permission to control the value of environment variables for use with GitHub Actions. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.8.0 and was fixed in versions 3.4.15, 3.5.12, 3.6.8, 3.7.5. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.

How to fix

Remediation Available
enterprise serverNVD
Affected:>= 3.7.0, < 3.7.5Fixed in:3.7.5CVE-2023-22381derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityHigh
Privileges RequiredHigh
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityLow

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Exploit Intelligence

0.84%probability of exploitation in 30 days
53rdpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 53% of all known CVEs.

References

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