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CVE-2026-15343

HIGH
8.6
CVSS 4.0
Description
A path traversal vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed an attacker who had code execution inside the Dependabot updater container to write files to arbitrary repository paths, including GitHub Actions workflow files under .github/workflows/ as the path validation did not check the effective path which the attacker could control through the dependency file's directory and symlink target. If the repository used a pull_request_target workflow or had auto-merge enabled, an injected workflow could execute with access to the repository's GitHub Actions secrets. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.22 and was fixed in versions 3.21.3, 3.20.5, 3.19.9, 3.18.12, 3.17.18.

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-15343
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_P
Reserved
2026-07-09 20:11 UTC
Published
2026-07-17 15:18 UTC
Last updated
2026-07-17 16:33 UTC
Primary CWE
CWE-22
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Dir…
Vendor / Product
GitHub / Enterprise Server
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

8.6 HIGH CVSS 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SSVC — CISA Coordinator
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Tech. Impact
total
Affected products (1)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
GitHub Enterprise Server 3.17.0 ≤ 3.17.17, 3.18.0 ≤ 3.18.11, 3.19.0 ≤ 3.19.8, 3.20.0 ≤ 3.20.4 …
Weakness (CWE)
CWESourceDescription
CWE-22 cna CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVSS scores (1)
ScoreSeverityVersionSourceVector
8.6 HIGH 4.0 cna CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
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