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CVE-2024-4985

CRITICAL

9.8

Description

An authentication bypass vulnerability was present in the GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES) when utilizing SAML single sign-on authentication with the optional encrypted assertions feature. This vulnerability allowed an attacker to forge a SAML response to provision and/or gain access to a user with site administrator privileges. Exploitation of this vulnerability would allow unauthorized access to the instance without requiring prior authentication. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.13.0 and was fixed in versions 3.9.15, 3.10.12, 3.11.10 and 3.12.4. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score9.8

SeverityCRITICAL

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published5/20/2024

Last Modified8/27/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

github:enterprise_server

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-303

References

https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.10/admin/release-notes#3.10.12(product-cna@github.com)

https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.11/admin/release-notes#3.11.10(product-cna@github.com)

https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.12/admin/release-notes#3.12.4(product-cna@github.com)

https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.9/admin/release-notes#3.9.15(product-cna@github.com)

https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.10/admin/release-notes#3.10.12(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.11/admin/release-notes#3.11.10(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.12/admin/release-notes#3.12.4(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.9/admin/release-notes#3.9.15(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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