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    CVE-2020-10516

    An improper access control vulnerability was identified in the GitHub Enterprise Server API that allowed an organization member to escalate permissions and gain access to unauthorized repositories within an organization. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 2.21 and was fixed in 2.20.9, 2.19.15, and 2.18.20. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.

    Published:Jun 3, 2020
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Jun 3, 2020
    EPSS Score:0.0038
    CVSS Score:9.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Github
    Product
    Github

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-1 Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs
    CAPEC-104 Cross Zone Scripting
    CAPEC-127 Directory Indexing
    CAPEC-13 Subverting Environment Variable Values
    CAPEC-150 Collect Data from Common Resource Locations
    CAPEC-17 Using Malicious Files
    CAPEC-39 Manipulating Opaque Client-based Data Tokens
    CAPEC-402 Bypassing ATA Password Security
    CAPEC-45 Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links
    CAPEC-5 Blue Boxing
    CAPEC-51 Poison Web Service Registry
    CAPEC-59 Session Credential Falsification through Prediction
    CAPEC-60 Reusing Session IDs (aka Session Replay)
    CAPEC-639 Probe System Files
    CAPEC-647 Collect Data from Registries
    CAPEC-668 Key Negotiation of Bluetooth Attack (KNOB)
    CAPEC-76 Manipulating Web Input to File System Calls
    CAPEC-77 Manipulating User-Controlled Variables
    CAPEC-87 Forceful Browsing

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Required
    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
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    Availability
    None
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    High