CVE-2024-6800
CRITICAL
INFO
Priority: 0.15
BB Relevance:
69/100
Published: 2024-08-20
Modified: 2026-11-04
First seen: 2026-11-03
Status: active
Attack Surface
Network
No Auth
No Interaction
Conf. Impact
Integ. Impact
CVSS Vector Breakdown
AV:
Network
AC:
High
PR:
None
UI:
None
S:
X
AT:
Present
VC:
High
VI:
High
VA:
Low
Description
An XML signature wrapping vulnerability was present in GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES) when using SAML authentication with specific identity providers utilizing publicly exposed signed federation metadata XML. This vulnerability allowed an attacker with direct network access to GitHub Enterprise Server to forge a SAML response to provision and/or gain access to a user with site administrator privileges. Exploitation of this vulnerability would allow unauthorized access to the instance without requiring prior authentication. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.14 and was fixed in versions 3.13.3, 3.12.8, 3.11.14, and 3.10.16. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.
Weakness Classification (1)
Affected Software (9)
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub | GitHub Enterprise Server | 3.13.0 |
| GitHub | GitHub Enterprise Server | 3.12.0 |
| GitHub | GitHub Enterprise Server | 3.11.0 |
| GitHub | GitHub Enterprise Server | 3.10.0 |
| GitHub | GitHub Enterprise Server | 3.13.0 |
| GitHub | GitHub Enterprise Server | 3.12.0 |
| GitHub | GitHub Enterprise Server | 3.11.0 |
| GitHub | GitHub Enterprise Server | 3.10.0 |
| github | enterprise_server | 3.10.0 – 3.10.16 |