Vulnerability Report

CVE-2024-4985

Title: Github Enterprise Server Auth Bypass

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2024-4985.

CWE Category CWE-303
Published Date May 20, 2024
Modified Date Aug 27, 2025
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 10.0 CVSS v4.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
2.57%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2024-4985: An authentication bypass vulnerability was present in the GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES) when utilizing SAML single sign-on authentication with the optional encrypted assertions feature. This vulnerability allowed an attacker to forge a SAML response to provision and/or gain access to a user with site administrator privileges. Exploitation of this vulnerability would allow unauthorized access to the instance without requiring prior authentication. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.13.0 and was fixed in versions 3.9.15, 3.10.12, 3.11.10 and 3.12.4. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.

Impacted Vendors

G
github 1
B
blackberry 1
M
microfocus 1

Reference Links

https://docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes#3.10.12 https://docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes#3.11.10 https://docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes#3.12.4 https://docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes#3.9.15 https://docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes#3.10.12 https://docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes#3.11.10 https://docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes#3.12.4 https://docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes#3.9.15
CVSS v4.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity CRITICAL
10.0
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
N/A
RAW VECTOR CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Red
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity CRITICAL
9.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2024-4985 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Red

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.