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CVE-2020-10519 — A remote code execution vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server

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 execut

CVSS
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EPSS
1.75% (top 17.60%)
CWE
CWE-77
Published
2021-03-03T03:25:21.000Z
Last modified
2024-08-04T11:06:09.542Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

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…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
GitHubGitHub Enterprise Server2.20, 2.21, 2.22

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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