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CVE-2026-6736

· Published 07/05/2026 22:16 · Modified 07/05/2026 22:16

Labels: CVE-2026-6736 2026-05-07CVE-2026-6736CWE-306[email protected]

Essential information

Published
07/05/2026 22:16
Modified
07/05/2026 22:16
Author
Creator
CVSS
6.3 MEDIUM (v3) 6.3 MEDIUM (v4.0)
CISA KEV
No
CWE
CVSS vector

CVSS metrics

Description

An authentication bypass vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed an unauthenticated attacker to create a local user account, bypassing the configured external identity provider. When external authentication was enabled, the signup endpoint did not properly enforce the authentication restriction, allowing account creation and session establishment without identity provider validation. The created account was limited to the default base permissions configured on the instance. Exploitation required network access to a GHES instance configured with an external authentication provider. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.21 and was fixed in versions 3.20.2, 3.19.6, 3.18.9, 3.17.15, and 3.16.18.

NVD status

Status
Received — CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.
Source
[email protected]
NVD
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Affected products (CPE)

ProductCPE
github / github enterprise server cpe:2.3:a:github:github_enterprise_server:<3.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
github / github enterprise server cpe:2.3:a:github:github_enterprise_server:3.20.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
github / github enterprise server cpe:2.3:a:github:github_enterprise_server:3.19.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
github / github enterprise server cpe:2.3:a:github:github_enterprise_server:3.18.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
github / github enterprise server cpe:2.3:a:github:github_enterprise_server:3.17.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
github / github enterprise server cpe:2.3:a:github:github_enterprise_server:3.16.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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