Management token exposure via unauthenticated SSRF
Published Sep 1, 2026 · Updated Sep 2, 2026
SSRF in vulnerable GitHub Enterprise Server releases allows remote attackers to expose a management token through the Manage API. An unauthenticated endpoint parses attacker-supplied cluster configuration and signs only a timestamp, leaving the request path and body outside the gateway-to-agent HMAC. Exploitation requires interception of the outbound request and a standalone topology; the captured token can be replayed against privileged management agent endpoints, while high-availability deployments are unaffected.
Summary
What happened
SSRF in vulnerable GitHub Enterprise Server releases allows remote attackers to expose a management token through the Manage API. An unauthenticated endpoint parses attacker-supplied cluster configuration and signs only a timestamp, leaving the request path and body outside the gateway-to-agent HMAC. Exploitation requires interception of the outbound request and a standalone topology; the captured token can be replayed against privileged management agent endpoints, while high-availability deployments are unaffected.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-18730
- Published
- Sep 1, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 2, 2026
- Vendor
- Product
- GitHub Enterprise Server
- Classifications
- CWE-918, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Sep 1, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 2, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=3.17.0 <=3.17.18 changes=[{"at":"3.17.19","status":"unaffected"}]
- Affected versionversion=3.18.0 <=3.18.12 changes=[{"at":"3.18.13","status":"unaffected"}]
- Affected versionversion=3.19.0 <=3.19.9 changes=[{"at":"3.19.10","status":"unaffected"}]
- Affected versionversion=3.20.0 <=3.20.5 changes=[{"at":"3.20.6","status":"unaffected"}]
- Affected versionversion=3.21.0 <=3.21.3 changes=[{"at":"3.21.4","status":"unaffected"}]
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