CSRF vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed performing actions on behalf of a user

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

• github enterprise server3.12.0

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (GitHub_P). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

• GitHub Enterprise Server

  • 3.12 and later · up to and including 3.12.0affected · semverfixed in 3.12.1

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• CVE-2024-4985An authentication bypass vulnerability was present in the GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES) when utilizing SAML single sign-on authentication
  41Plan
• CVE-2022-23739Incorrect authorization check in GitHub Enterprise Server leading to escalation of privileges in GraphQL API requests from GitHub Apps using scoped user-to-serv
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FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Root cause

State-changing requests rely on the session cookie the browser sends automatically; nothing verifies that the request came from the user’s own page.

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

1app.use(session({ cookie: { httpOnly: true } }));2app.post("/account/address", updateAddress);

1app.use(session({ cookie: { httpOnly: true, sameSite: "lax" } }));2app.post("/account/address", csrfProtection, updateAddress);

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.