CVE-2020-10518

HIGH

GitHub Enterprise Server < 2.19.21 - Remote Code Execution via GitHub Pages Configuration

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A remote code execution vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that could be exploited when building a GitHub Pages site. User-controlled configuration of the underlying parsers used by GitHub Pages were not sufficiently restricted and made it possible to execute commands on the GitHub Enterprise Server instance. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need permission to create and build a GitHub Pages site on the GitHub Enterprise Server instance. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 2.22 and was fixed in 2.21.6, 2.20.15, and 2.19.21. The underlying issues contributing to this vulnerability were identified both internally and through the GitHub Security Bug Bounty program.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://enterprise.github.com/releases/2.19.21/notes
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://enterprise.github.com/releases/2.20.15/notes
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://enterprise.github.com/releases/2.21.6/notes

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0370
EPSS Percentile 88.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-77
Status published
Products (1)
github/github < 2.19.21
Published Aug 27, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026