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Medium · 5.3 CVE-2025-6981 EUVD-2025-21556GHSA-68h4-89v6-8m3j

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

Published Jul 15, 2025 · Updated Jul 16, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_P

Description

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
GitHub Enterprise Server 3.14.0 – < 3.14.15, 3.15.0 – < 3.15.10, 3.16.0 – < 3.16.6, 3.17.0 – < 3.17.3 3.14.15

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