# CVE-2024-5566: Improper Privilege Management allows for access to unauthorized repository content during migration

- Severity: CVSS 5.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-07-16 · Updated: 2024-08-01

## Affected

- GitHub GitHub Enterprise Server: from 3.9.0, through 3.9.16; from 3.10.0, through 3.10.13; from 3.11.0, through 3.11.11; from 3.12.0, through 3.12.5; from 3.13, through 3.13.0

## Description

An improper privilege management vulnerability allowed users to migrate private repositories without having appropriate scopes defined on the related Personal Access Token. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.14 and was fixed in version 3.13.1, 3.12.6, 3.11.12, 3.10.14, and 3.9.17.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on GitHub 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#3.9.17
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.10/admin/release-notes#3.10.14
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.11/admin/release-notes#3.11.10
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.12/admin/release-notes#3.12.6
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.13/admin/release-notes#3.13.1

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