CVE-2025-6981CWE-863

Incorrect authorization vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed unauthorized read-only access

Medium · published July 15, 2025

CVSS v4.0
5.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
22.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
5.3 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00308 · 22.4th percentile
Weakness
CWE-863 · Incorrect Authorization
Published
2025-07-15T20:44Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 15 JUL 20:44Z
    Incorrect authorization vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed unauthorized read-only access
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