01 Record
CVE-2023-22381
Code injection in GitHub Enterprise Server leading to arbitrary environment variables in GitHub Actions
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: GitHub_P
CNA base score4.1 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
02 Description
Code injection in GitHub Enterprise Server leading to arbitrary environment variables in GitHub Actions
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
- 0.83% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 57.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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
- 2023-03-02 20:54Z3 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-03-05 20:05Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2022-12-20
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_P
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 4.1)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 6c281dd219fc7db40cc5e3613d7e64d78ba319fcbf435d6d29f5c9ccec12ed82
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- docs.github.comhttps://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.7/admin/release-notes#3.7.5
- docs.github.comhttps://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.6/admin/release-notes#3.6.8
- docs.github.comhttps://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.5/admin/release-notes#3.5.12
- docs.github.comhttps://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.4/admin/release-notes#3.4.15
- docs.github.comhttps://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.8/admin/release-notes