CVE-2025-6981

July 16, 2025, 2:58 p.m.

5.3
Medium

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

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Github
  • Github Enterprise Server
  • <3.18, 3.14.15, 3.15.10, 3.16.6, 3.17.3

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-863
Incorrect Authorization
The product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check. This allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a github github_enterprise_server <3.18 / / / / / / /
a github github_enterprise_server 3.14.15 / / / / / / /
a github github_enterprise_server 3.15.10 / / / / / / /
a github github_enterprise_server 3.16.6 / / / / / / /
a github github_enterprise_server 3.17.3 / / / / / / /

References

https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.14/admin/release-notes#3.14.15
https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.15/admin/release-notes#3.15.10
https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.16/admin/release-notes#3.16.6
https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.17/admin/release-notes#3.17.3

Tags

CWE-863
product-cna@github.com
2025-07-15
CVE-2025-6981

CVSS Score

5.3 / 10

CVSS Data - 4.0

  • Attack Vector: NETWORK
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Attack Requirements: NONE
  • Privileges Required: LOW
  • User Interaction: NONE
  • Scope:
  • Confidentiality Impact: LOW
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: NONE
  • Exploit Maturity: NOT_DEFINED

    • CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

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Timeline

Published: July 15, 2025, 9:15 p.m.
Last Modified: July 16, 2025, 2:58 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

product-cna@github.com

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