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CVE-2021-22862

Improper access control in GitHub Enterprise Server leading to the disclosure of Actions secrets to forks

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published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 3.0.1
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

An improper access control vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed an authenticated user with the ability to fork a repository to disclose Actions secrets for the parent repository of the fork. This vulnerability existed due to a flaw that allowed the base reference of a pull request to be updated to point to an arbitrary SHA or another pull request outside of the fork repository. By establishing this incorrect reference in a PR, the restrictions that limit the Actions secrets sent a workflow from forks could be bypassed. This vulnerability affected GitHub Enterprise Server version 3.0.0, 3.0.0.rc2, and 3.0.0.rc1. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.

Timeline

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Affected versions

  • GitHub GitHub Enterprise Server

    From 3.0 · fixed in 3.0.1

References 1

docs.github.com