High severity7.7NVD Advisory· Published Apr 7, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2023-23761
CVE-2023-23761
Description
An improper authentication vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed an unauthorized actor to modify other users' secret gists by authenticating through an SSH certificate authority. To do so, a user had to know the secret gist's URL. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.9 and was fixed in versions 3.4.18, 3.5.15, 3.6.11, 3.7.8, and 3.8.1. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.
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Affected products
4cpe:2.3:a:github:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:a:github:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <3.4.18
- cpe:2.3:a:github:enterprise_server:3.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <3.9, 3.4.18, 3.5.15, 3.6.11, 3.7.8, 3.8.1
- (no CPE)range: 3.4.0
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References
5- docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notesnvdRelease Notes
- docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notesnvdRelease Notes
- docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notesnvdRelease Notes
- docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notesnvdRelease Notes
- docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notesnvdRelease Notes
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