# CVE-2024-2440: Race Condition was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed maintaining admin permissions

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-04-19 · Updated: 2024-08-01

## Affected

- GitHub Enterprise Server: from 3.9, through 3.9.12; from 3.10, through 3.10.9; from 3.11, through 3.11.7; from 3.12, through 3.12.0

## Description

A race condition in GitHub Enterprise Server allowed an existing admin to maintain permissions on a detached repository by making a GraphQL mutation to alter repository permissions while the repository is detached. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.13 and was fixed in versions 3.9.13, 3.10.10, 3.11.8 and 3.12.1. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on GitHub Enterprise Server, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.9/admin/release-notes#3.9.13
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.10/admin/release-notes#3.10.10
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.11/admin/release-notes#3.11.8
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.12/admin/release-notes#3.12.2

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