CVE-2026-15343

high

Description

A path traversal vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed an attacker who had code execution inside the Dependabot updater container to write files to arbitrary repository paths, including GitHub Actions workflow files under .github/workflows/ as the path validation did not check the effective path which the attacker could control through the dependency file's directory and symlink target. If the repository used a pull_request_target workflow or had auto-merge enabled, an injected workflow could execute with access to the repository's GitHub Actions secrets. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.22 and was fixed in versions 3.21.3, 3.20.5, 3.19.9, 3.18.12, 3.17.18.

References

https://docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes#3.21.3

https://docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes#3.20.5

https://docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes#3.19.9

https://docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes#3.18.12

https://docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes#3.17.18

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-07-17

Updated: 2026-07-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.5

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

CVSS v4

Base Score: 8.6

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: High