Report: CVE-2026-5845 - Improper authorization fallback allows scoped user-to-server token installation e

Report: CVE-2026-5845 - Improper authorization fallback allows scoped user-to-server token installation e

CVE ID :CVE-2026-5845 Published : April 21, 2026, 11:16 p.m. | 1 hour, 33 minutes ago Description :An improper authorization vulnerability in scoped user-to-server (ghu_) token authorization in GitHub Enterprise Server allows an authenticated attacker to access private repositories outside the intended installation scope, which can include write operations, via an authorization fallback that treated a revoked/deleted installation as a global installation context, which could be chained with token revocation timing and SSH push attribution to obtain and reuse a victim-scoped token. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.21 and was fixed in versions 3.20.1, 3.19.5, 3.18.8, 3.17.14, 3.16.17, 3.15.21, and 3.14.26. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program. Severity: 7.2 | HIGH Visit the link for more details, such as CVSS details, affected products, timeline, and more...

CVE Details

Severity
HIGH
Published
April 21, 2026
Affected Product: GitHub