CVE-2022-23740 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

CRITICAL: An improper neutralization of argument delimiters in a command vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that enabled remote code execution. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need permission to create and build GitHub Pages using GitHub Actions. This vulnerability affected only version 3.7.0 of GitHub Enterprise Server and was fixed in version 3.7.1. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00853.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Github	Enterprise Server

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:github:enterprise_server:3.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-28676	CRITICAL: An improper neutralization of argument delimiters in a command vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that enabled remote code execution. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need permission to create and build GitHub Pages using GitHub Actions. This vulnerability affected only version 3.7.0 of GitHub Enterprise Server and was fixed in version 3.7.1. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server%403.7/admin/release-notes#3.7.1

History

Mon, 28 Apr 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_P

Published: 2022-11-23T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-28T14:18:58.847Z

Reserved: 2022-01-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-23740

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T03:51:46.104Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-23T18:15:11.130

Modified: 2025-04-28T15:15:44.577

Link: CVE-2022-23740

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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