01 Record
CVE-2026-5845
Improper authorization fallback allows scoped user-to-server token installation escape in GitHub Enterprise Server
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: GitHub_P
CNA base score7.2 CVSS v4.0CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
02 Description
Improper authorization fallback allows scoped user-to-server token installation escape in GitHub Enterprise Server
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 ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.29% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 21.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.2 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-26.
- 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
- 2026-04-21 22:42Z6 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-04-22 18:04Z6 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-04-08
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_P
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.2)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-639Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled KeyBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 3cb81d41e05139e66915628aa075d6d089267ed20169ee61b1ab4b1d6fbbc998
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
GitHubEnterprise Server3.20.0 to < 3.20.1, 3.19.0 to 3.19.4, 3.18.0 to 3.18.7, 3.17.0 to 3.17.13, 3.16.0 to 3.16.16, 3.15.0 to 3.15.20, 3.14.0 to 3.14.25—
06 References
- docs.github.comhttps://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.20/admin/release-notes#3.20.1
- docs.github.comhttps://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.19/admin/release-notes#3.19.5
- docs.github.comhttps://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.18/admin/release-notes#3.18.8
- docs.github.comhttps://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.17/admin/release-notes#3.17.14
- docs.github.comhttps://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.16/admin/release-notes#3.16.17
- docs.github.comhttps://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.15/admin/release-notes#3.15.21
- docs.github.comhttps://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.14/admin/release-notes#3.14.26