CVE-2024-4985

Q: How do I fix CVE-2024-4985?

Upgrade enterprise server to 3.12.4 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2024-4985 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2024-4985 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 2.6% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 84% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2024-4985?

CVE-2024-4985 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8, rated critical. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2024-4985 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for enterprise server (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

CRITICALEPSS 84th pctl

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

An authentication bypass vulnerability was present in the GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES) when utilizing SAML single sign-on authentication with the optional encrypted assertions feature. This vulnerability allowed an attacker to forge a SAML response to provision and/or gain access to a user with site administrator privileges. Exploitation of this vulnerability would allow unauthorized access to the instance without requiring prior authentication. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.13.0 and was fixed in versions 3.9.15, 3.10.12, 3.11.10 and 3.12.4. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.

CWE-303

How to fix

Remediation Available

enterprise serverNVD

Affected:>= 3.12.0, < 3.12.4Fixed in:3.12.4CVE-2024-4985derived from NVD

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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 ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

2.57%probability of exploitation in 30 days

84thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 84% of all known CVEs.

References

Release Notes4

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Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2024-4985?

Upgrade enterprise server to 3.12.4 or later.

Is CVE-2024-4985 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2024-4985 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 2.6% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 84% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2024-4985?

CVE-2024-4985 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8, rated critical. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2024-4985 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for enterprise server (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-08-27.