CVE-2022-46258: GitHub Enterprise Server

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An incorrect authorization vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed a repository-scoped token with read/write access to modify Action Workflow files without a Workflow scope. The Create or Update file contents API should enforce workflow scope. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to version 3.7 and was fixed in versions 3.3.16, 3.4.11, 3.5.8, and 3.6.4. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.

Affected products

• GitHub Enterprise Server: before 3.3.16 (fixed in 3.3.16); from 3.4.0, before 3.4.11 (fixed in 3.4.11); from 3.5.0, before 3.5.8 (fixed in 3.5.8); from 3.6.0, before 3.6.4 (fixed in 3.6.4)

Published 2023-01-09. Last modified 2026-06-17.