01 Record
CVE-2022-23739
Incorrect authorization check in GitHub Enterprise Server leading to escalation of privileges in GraphQL API requests from GitHub Apps using scoped user-to-server tokens
CriticalPUBLISHEDCNA: GitHub_P
CNA base score9.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
02 Description
Incorrect authorization check in GitHub Enterprise Server leading to escalation of privileges in GraphQL API requests from GitHub Apps using scoped user-to-server tokens
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 1.27% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 69.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (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:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- 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
- 2023-01-17 00:00Z3 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-04-08 20:17Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2022-01-19
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_P
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Critical (CVSS 9.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-863Incorrect AuthorizationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- d62f747d9affdcc99dc104cf30d5f49d3f260686014edc1596ceac75f64e7cb9
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
GitHubGitHub Enterprise Server3.3 to < 3.3.16, 3.4 to < 3.4.11, 3.5 to < 3.5.8, 3.6 to < 3.6.4, 3.7 to < 3.7.1—
06 References
- docs.github.comhttps://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server%403.7/admin/release-notes#3.7.1
- docs.github.comhttps://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server%403.3/admin/release-notes#3.3.16
- docs.github.comhttps://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server%403.4/admin/release-notes#3.4.11
- docs.github.comhttps://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server%403.5/admin/release-notes#3.5.8
- docs.github.comhttps://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server%403.6/admin/release-notes#3.6.4