CVE-2023-36867

Code execution after local user interaction

Published Jul 11, 2023 · Updated Jan 1, 2025

Remote code execution in Microsoft GitHub Pull Requests and Issues before 0.66.2 allows attackers to execute code after user interaction. Microsoft has not published the affected component, the malicious input, or the operation that mishandles it. The attack requires local access and user interaction but no prior privileges; successful exploitation executes code with the user's permissions.

CVSS severity7.8
High
EPSS probability0.73%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Remote code execution in Microsoft GitHub Pull Requests and Issues before 0.66.2 allows attackers to execute code after user interaction. Microsoft has not published the affected component, the malicious input, or the operation that mishandles it. The attack requires local access and user interaction but no prior privileges; successful exploitation executes code with the user's permissions.

The record

CVE
CVE-2023-36867
Published
Jul 11, 2023
Updated
Jan 1, 2025
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
GitHub Pull Requests and Issues
Classifications
T1203
Attack vector
local
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jul 11, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Jan 1, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=0.1.1 <0.66.2

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Microsoft · GitHub Pull Requests and Issuesversion=0.1.1 <0.66.2

Published CVSS scores

7.8Microsoft CorporationCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

T1203Exploitation for Client Execution

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