CVE-2012-2055

high

Description

GitHub Enterprise before 20120304 does not properly restrict the use of a hash to provide values for a model's attributes, which allows remote attackers to set the public_key[user_id] value via a modified URL for the public-key update form, related to a "mass assignment" vulnerability.

References

Advisories
More

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74812

http://lwn.net/Articles/488702/

https://github.com/blog/1068-public-key-security-vulnerability-and-mitigation

http://homakov.blogspot.com/2012/03/how-to.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-04-05

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01066