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
                
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                    Wed, 27 Aug 2025 14:45:00 +0000
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:github:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Metrics | cvssV3_1 
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| 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 | |
| Title | Incorrect authorization vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed unauthorized read-only access | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-863 | |
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| Metrics | cvssV4_0 
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 MITRE
                        MITRE
                    Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_P
Published: 2025-07-15T20:44:30.022Z
Updated: 2025-07-16T19:04:18.464Z
Reserved: 2025-07-01T18:28:24.614Z
Link: CVE-2025-6981
 Vulnrichment
                        Vulnrichment
                    Updated: 2025-07-16T19:04:13.924Z
 NVD
                        NVD
                    Status : Analyzed
Published: 2025-07-15T21:15:34.630
Modified: 2025-08-27T14:41:04.110
Link: CVE-2025-6981
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