CVE-2024-5566

Improper Privilege Management allows for access to unauthorized repository content during migration

MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: July 16, 2024 at 09:26 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:16 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGitHub Enterprise Server

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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

An improper privilege management vulnerability allowed users to migrate private repositories without having appropriate scopes defined on the related Personal Access Token. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.14 and was fixed in version 3.13.1, 3.12.6, 3.11.12, 3.10.14, and 3.9.17.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

3.10.0 ≤ v ≤ 3.10.133.10.0 ≤ v < 3.10.143.11.0 ≤ v ≤ 3.11.113.11.0 ≤ v < 3.11.123.12.0 ≤ v ≤ 3.12.53.12.0 ≤ v < 3.12.63.9.0 ≤ v ≤ 3.9.163.9.0 ≤ v < 3.9.173.10.03.11.03.12.03.133.13.03.9.0
Affected range stops below 3.10.14, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3.11.12, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3.12.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3.9.17, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-269NVD-CWE-noinfo

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