CVE-2025-6981 (GCVE-0-2025-6981)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-07-15 20:44
Modified
2025-07-16 19:04
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CWE
- CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization
Summary
An incorrect authorization vulnerability allowed unauthorized read access to the contents of internal repositories for contractor accounts when the Contractors API feature was enabled. The Contractors API is a rarely-enabled feature in private preview. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.18 and was fixed in versions 3.14.15, 3.15.10, 3.16.6 and 3.17.3
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub | Enterprise Server |
Version: 3.14.0 ≤ Version: 3.15.0 ≤ Version: 3.16.0 ≤ Version: 3.17.0 ≤ |
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|---|
Nomenclature
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