CVE-2022-23732
Path traversal in GitHub Enterprise Server management console leading to a bypass of CSRF protections
- 8.8HighCVSS base score
- 1.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 22% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
A path traversal vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server management console that allowed the bypass of CSRF protections. This could potentially lead to privilege escalation. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need to target a user that was actively logged into the management console. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.5 and was fixed in versions 3.1.19, 3.2.11, 3.3.6, 3.4.1. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.
Timeline
ID reserved
By GitHub_P
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 2 years later
· 2 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 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.7% · top 22% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Affected products
GitHub · GitHub Enterprise Server
- affected 3.1 – < 3.1.19
- affected 3.2 – < 3.2.11
- affected 3.3 – < 3.3.6
- affected 3.4 – < 3.4.1
References
References4
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server%403.1/admin/release-notes#3.1.19 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server%403.2/admin/release-notes#3.2.11 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server%403.3/admin/release-notes#3.3.6 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server%403.4/admin/release-notes#3.4.1 (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-2022-28668 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2022-23732)Record last updated .