GitHub Enterprise Server: missing authorization
Medium5.3CVE-2026-15783 · Published Jul 17, 2026
A missing authorization vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed an authenticated user with write access to any repository to read metadata from private repositories they did not have access to, including private repository owners and names, branch names, commit SHAs, commit messages, and the pushing actor. The delegated bypass endpoint resolved a rule suite directly from an attacker-supplied, encoded identifier without verifying that the requesting user could read the rule suite's repository, and because these identifiers are sequential an attacker could enumerate them across the instance. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.22 and was fixed in versions 3.17.18, 3.18.12, 3.19.9, 3.20.5, and 3.21.3. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.
Affected versions
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Enterprise Server Product | >= 3.17.0, <= 3.17.17 | No fix yet |
| >= 3.18.0, <= 3.18.11 | No fix yet | |
| >= 3.19.0, <= 3.19.8 | No fix yet | |
| >= 3.20.0, <= 3.20.4 | No fix yet |
Details and references
- CVSS 4.0
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/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
- Severity from
- the vendor (its own CVE record or advisory)
- Weakness
- CWE-862
- www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-15783
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-15783
- docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.17/admin/release-notes#3.17.18
- docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.18/admin/release-notes#3.18.12
- docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.19/admin/release-notes#3.19.9
- docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.20/admin/release-notes#3.20.5
- docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.21/admin/release-notes#3.21.3
More GitHub advisories
All GitHub| Date | Advisory | Severity | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6 | Safe-outputs config emitter: JSON injection via templated values despite env-var indirection | High8.5 | v0.78.0 |
| Aug 5 | GitHub Enterprise Server: denial of service | Medium6.6 | No fix yet |
| Aug 5 | GitHub Enterprise Server: path traversal | High8.8 | No fix yet |
| Jul 17 | GitHub Enterprise Server: denial of service | Medium5.7 | No fix yet |
| Jul 17 | GitHub Enterprise Server: path traversal | High8.6 | No fix yet |
| Jul 1 | GitHub Enterprise Server: improper authorization | Medium5.3 | No fix yet |