CVE-2023-46648

moderate-risk
Published 2023-12-21

An insufficient entropy vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES) that allowed an attacker to brute force a user invitation to the GHES Management Console. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need knowledge that a user invitation was pending. 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. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.

Do I need to act?

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1.0% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 8.3/10 High
NETWORK / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (2)

Affected Vendors

Github

References (8)

Release Notes https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.10/admin/release-notes#3.10.4
Release Notes https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.11/admin/release-notes#3.11.1
Release Notes https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.8/admin/release-notes#3.8.12
Release Notes https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.9/admin/release-notes#3.9.7
Release Notes https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.10/admin/release-notes#3.10.4
Release Notes https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.11/admin/release-notes#3.11.1
Release Notes https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.8/admin/release-notes#3.8.12
Release Notes https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.9/admin/release-notes#3.9.7
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 25/34 · High
Exploitability 3/34 · Minimal
Exposure 7/34 · Low