CVE-2026-5512

MEDIUM

Improper authorization vulnerability in GitHub Enterprise Server allowed disclosure of private repository names via mobile upload policy API

Title source: cna

Description

An improper authorization vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed an authenticated attacker to determine the names of private repositories by their numeric ID. The mobile upload policy API endpoint did not perform an early authorization check, and validation error messages included the full repository name for repositories the caller did not have access to. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.21 and was fixed in versions 3.20.1, 3.19.5, 3.18.8, 3.17.14, 3.16.17, 3.15.21, and 3.14.26. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.

Scores

CVSS v4 5.3
EPSS 0.0005
EPSS Percentile 15.5%
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N

Details

CWE
CWE-201
Status published
Products (7)
GitHub/Enterprise Server 3.14.0 - 3.14.25
GitHub/Enterprise Server 3.15.0 - 3.15.20
GitHub/Enterprise Server 3.16.0 - 3.16.16
GitHub/Enterprise Server 3.17.0 - 3.17.13
GitHub/Enterprise Server 3.18.0 - 3.18.7
GitHub/Enterprise Server 3.19.0 - 3.19.4
GitHub/Enterprise Server 3.20.0 - 3.20.1
Published Apr 21, 2026
Tracked Since Apr 22, 2026