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CVE-2020-10516 Details

Description

An improper access control vulnerability was identified in the GitHub Enterprise Server API that allowed an organization member to escalate permissions and gain access to unauthorized repositories within an organization. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 2.21 and was fixed in 2.20.9, 2.19.15, and 2.18.20. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:9.8 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://enterprise.github.com/releases/2.18.20/notes	CVE	Release NotesThird Party Advisory
https://enterprise.github.com/releases/2.19.15/notes	CVE	Release NotesThird Party Advisory
https://enterprise.github.com/releases/2.20.9/notes	CVE	Release NotesThird Party Advisory
https://enterprise.github.com/releases/2.18.20/notes	[email protected]	Release NotesThird Party Advisory
https://enterprise.github.com/releases/2.19.15/notes	[email protected]	Release NotesThird Party Advisory
https://enterprise.github.com/releases/2.20.9/notes	[email protected]	Release NotesThird Party Advisory

see all 6 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-552	Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties	[email protected]
CWE-285	Improper Authorization	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
github github	>= 2.18.0, < 2.18.20 >= 2.19.0, < 2.19.15 >= 2.20.0, < 2.20.9
CPE cpe:2.3:a:github:github:::::enterprise:::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

4 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jun 5, 2020	Initial Analysis	[email protected]