Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 15, 2025· Updated Jul 16, 2025
Incorrect authorization vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed unauthorized read-only access
CVE-2025-6981
Description
An incorrect authorization vulnerability allowed unauthorized read access to the contents of internal repositories for contractor accounts when the Contractors API feature was enabled. The Contractors API is a rarely-enabled feature in private preview. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.18 and was fixed in versions 3.14.15, 3.15.10, 3.16.6 and 3.17.3
Affected products
2- Range: < 3.18, fixed in >= 3.14.15, >= 3.15.10, >= 3.16.6, >= 3.17.3
- GitHub/Enterprise Serverv5Range: 3.14.0
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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References
4- docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.14/admin/release-notesmitrerelease-notes
- docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.15/admin/release-notesmitrerelease-notes
- docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.16/admin/release-notesmitrerelease-notes
- docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.17/admin/release-notesmitrerelease-notes
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