CVE-2021-22870
Published: 10 November 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-22870 is a medium-severity Relative Path Traversal (CWE-23) vulnerability in Github Enterprise Server. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 35.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-10005
Vulnerability details
A path traversal vulnerability was identified in GitHub Pages builds on GitHub Enterprise Server that could allow an attacker to read system files. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need permission to create and build a GitHub Pages site…
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on the GitHub Enterprise Server instance. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.3 and was fixed in versions 3.0.19, 3.1.11, and 3.2.3. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.