CVE-2023-46647: GitHub Enterprise Server

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Improper privilege management in all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server allows users with authorized access to the management console with an editor role to escalate their privileges by making requests to the endpoint used for bootstrapping the instance. This vulnerability affected GitHub Enterprise Server version 3.8.0 and above and was fixed in version 3.8.12, 3.9.6, 3.10.3, and 3.11.0.

Affected products

• GitHub Enterprise Server: from 3.8.0, before 3.8.12 (fixed in 3.8.12); from 3.9.0, before 3.9.6 (fixed in 3.9.6); from 3.10.0, before 3.10.3 (fixed in 3.10.3)

Published 2023-12-21. Last modified 2026-06-17.