CVE-2020-10519

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    CVE-2020-10519

    Published: 3 Mar 2021Last Modified: 10 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: A remote code execution vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that could be exploited when building a GitHub Pages site. User-controlled configuration of the underlying parsers used by GitHub Pages were not sufficiently restricted and made it possible to execute commands on the GitHub Enterprise Server instance. 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 2.22.7 and was fixed in 2.22.7, 2.21.15, and 2.20.24. The underlying issues contributing to this vulnerability were identified through the GitHub Security Bug Bounty program.

    References: https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server%402.20/admin/release-notes#2.20.24, https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server%402.21/admin/release-notes#2.21.15, https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server%402.22/admin/release-notes#2.22.7,

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    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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