CVE-2022-46256: GitHub Enterprise Server

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A path traversal vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed remote code execution when building a GitHub Pages site. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need permission to create and build a GitHub Pages site on the instance. This vulnerability was fixed in versions 3.3.17, 3.4.12, 3.5.9, 3.6.5 and 3.7.2. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.

Affected products

• GitHub Enterprise Server: before 3.3.17 (fixed in 3.3.17); from 3.4.0, before 3.4.12 (fixed in 3.4.12); from 3.5.0, before 3.5.9 (fixed in 3.5.9); from 3.6.0, before 3.6.5 (fixed in 3.6.5); from 3.7.0, before 3.7.2 (fixed in 3.7.2)

Published 2022-12-14. Last modified 2026-06-17.