01 Record
CVE-2012-2055
GitHub Enterprise before 20120304 does not properly restrict the use of a hash to provide values for a model's attributes, which allows remote attackers to set the public_key[user_id] value via a
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
GitHub Enterprise before 20120304 does not properly restrict the use of a hash to provide values for a model's attributes, which allows remote attackers to set the public_key[user_id] value via a
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.81% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 78.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2012-04-04 10:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 19:17Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-04-04
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-913Improper Control of Dynamically-Managed Code ResourcesClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 602a432d2b1fd43e567f489e06c08c4906a3de9e57809fa3bd5cc05d225eaa40
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- homakov.blogspot.comhttp://homakov.blogspot.com/2012/03/how-to.html
- lwn.nethttp://lwn.net/Articles/488702/
- github.comhttps://github.com/blog/1068-public-key-security-vulnerability-and-mitigation
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comgithub-hash-security-bypass(74812)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74812