Admin SSH access via SAML command injection
Published Feb 13, 2024 · Updated May 9, 2025
Command injection in GitHub Enterprise Server before 3.12 allows remote authenticated users to gain administrative SSH access through SAML settings. GitHub identifies the vulnerable locus only as Management Console SAML configuration and has not published the specific input field or command-building operation. Exploitation requires network access to the instance and an editor-role Management Console account; successful injection grants administrative shell access to the appliance.
Summary
What happened
Command injection in GitHub Enterprise Server before 3.12 allows remote authenticated users to gain administrative SSH access through SAML settings. GitHub identifies the vulnerable locus only as Management Console SAML configuration and has not published the specific input field or command-building operation. Exploitation requires network access to the instance and an editor-role Management Console account; successful injection grants administrative shell access to the appliance.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-1372
- Published
- Feb 13, 2024
- Updated
- May 9, 2025
- Vendor
- Product
- GitHub Enterprise Server
- Classifications
- CWE-77, CWE-20, CAPEC-233, T1059
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 13, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 9, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=3.10.0 <3.10.7 changes=[{"at":"3.10.7","status":"unaffected"}]
- Affected versionversion=3.11.0 <3.11.5 changes=[{"at":"3.11.5","status":"unaffected"}]
- Affected versionversion=3.8.0 <3.8.15 changes=[{"at":"3.8.15","status":"unaffected"}]
- Affected versionversion=3.9.0 <3.9.10 changes=[{"at":"3.9.10","status":"unaffected"}]
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