CVE-2020-10517Improper access control in GitHub Enterprise Server leading to the enumeration of private repository names
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 1.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 35% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
An improper access control vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed authenticated users of the instance to determine the names of unauthorized private repositories given their numerical IDs. This vulnerability did not allow unauthorized access to any repository content besides the name. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 2.22 and was fixed in versions 2.21.6, 2.20.15, and 2.19.21. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.
Timeline
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By GitHub_P
- 6 months later
· 6 months later
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.1% · top 35% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
GitHub · GitHub Enterprise Server
- affected 2.21 – < 2.21.6
- affected 2.20 – < 2.20.15
- affected 2.19 – < 2.19.21
References
References3
- https://enterprise.github.com/releases/2.19.21/notes (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://enterprise.github.com/releases/2.20.15/notes (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://enterprise.github.com/releases/2.21.6/notes (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2020-2970 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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