Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate with any valid GHES account
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DeliveryEnumerate numeric repository IDs via mobile upload policy API
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ExploitObserve validation error messages
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ExecutionExtract private repository names from error responses
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ImpactCompile intelligence on private project names
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V14 - Data Protection Outbound data filtering
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| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires a valid authenticated account on the target GitHub Enterprise Server instance (CVSS PR:L). No elevated privileges, administrative access, or special repository permissions are needed - any low-privileged user credential suffices. The mobile upload policy API endpoint must be reachable from the attacker's network position (AV:N). No special server-side configuration, non-default feature flag, or specific deployment mode is required; the vulnerable code path is present in all unpatched instances by default. Exploitation is limited to disclosure of private repository names only - repository contents, commits, secrets, access controls, and credentials are not exposed. The SSVC 'Automatable: no' rating suggests that while scripting is technically feasible, automated mass exploitation at scale is not trivially achieved. |
| Impact | The CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L) scores 5.3, reflecting a low-complexity network-accessible flaw with no availability or integrity impact to the vulnerable system, and only partial confidentiality exposure. EPSS at 0.05% (15th percentile) is very low, consistent with SSVC's 'Exploitation: none' and 'Automatable: no' ratings. The SSVC 'Technical Impact: partial' confirms the narrow scope - only repository names leak, not contents, credentials, or keys. No entry in CISA KEV and no public POC identified. Despite the low severity score, the real-world concern is contextual: in regulated industries or competitive environments, private repository names alone may reveal sensitive product roadmaps, acquisition targets, or internal project codenames. For most deployments, the risk is low-priority relative to higher-severity findings, but enterprises with particularly sensitive naming conventions should treat this as a moderate informational risk. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An authenticated attacker with any valid account on a GitHub Enterprise Server instance systematically iterates numeric repository IDs against the mobile upload policy API endpoint. For each ID corresponding to a private repository the attacker cannot access, the API returns a validation error message containing the full repository name, allowing the attacker to build a list of private repository names across the instance without ever reading repository contents. No public exploit code has been identified. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Jul 24, 2026
Private repository name disclosure in GitHub Enterprise Server allows any authenticated user to enumerate the names of private repositories by their numeric ID via a missing authorization check in the mobile upload policy API endpoint. Validation error responses included full repository names even when the requesting user lacked access to those repositories. No public exploit has been identified, EPSS is 0.05% (15th percentile), SSVC rates exploitation as none, and this was responsibly disclosed through the GitHub Bug Bounty program - indicators that real-world risk is low but the confidentiality impact is meaningful in environments with sensitive project naming conventions.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patches are available across all supported branches: upgrade to 3.20.1, 3.19.5, 3.18.8, 3.17.14, 3.16.17, 3.15.21, or 3.14.26 depending on the installed branch. Release notes confirming the fix are available at the branch-specific GitHub documentation pages (e.g., https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.20/admin/release-notes#3.20.1 and corresponding pages for other branches). No workarounds have been identified that address the root cause without patching - network-level blocking of the mobile upload policy API endpoint could prevent exploitation but may break legitimate mobile upload functionality. Organizations unable to patch immediately should assess whether mobile upload functionality is in use and whether exposure to untrusted authenticated users warrants temporary disablement of that endpoint.
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Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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GitHub Enterprise Server (CPE: cpe:2.3:a:github:enterprise_server) is GitHub's self-hosted product for enterprises. The vulnerability is rooted in CWE-201 (Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data): a mobile upload policy REST API endpoint omitted an early authorization gate, allowing the request to proceed far enough into processing that validation error messages were generated using the full, resolved repository name - a name the caller was not authorized to see. The underlying flaw is an improper authorization ordering issue where resource resolution precedes access control, causing sensitive metadata to surface in error responses. The numeric repository ID acts as an oracle: an attacker iterates IDs, observes error message content, and reconstructs private repository names without ever gaining access to repository contents.
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Severity by source
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
Network-accessible API requires only low-privilege authentication (PR:L); only private repository names are disclosed, yielding low confidentiality impact with no integrity or availability consequence.
Primary rating from GitHub Advisory.
CVSS VectorGitHub Advisory
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3DescriptionGitHub Advisory
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.
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