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CVE-2026-77912NVD
Vulnerability Summary
A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed an authenticated attacker to inject arbitrary HTML attributes into rendered Markdown because the Markdown rendering pipeline rewrote quote characters in already-sanitized HTML without re-sanitizing the result. Crafted Markdown could abuse same-origin JavaScript gadgets to bypass Content Security Policy and gain control of the page DOM when viewed by another user. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to read content visible to the victim, extract embedded CSRF tokens, perform state-changing actions as the victim, and exfiltrate data through same-origin writes. The payload could also propagate to repositories and organizations where the victim had write access. This vulnerability affected supported GitHub Enterprise Server releases in the 3.17, 3.18, 3.19, 3.20, 3.21, and 3.22 series and was fixed in versions 3.22.1, 3.21.6, 3.20.8, 3.19.12, 3.18.15, and 3.17.21. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.
CVSS v4.0 Base Metrics — Score 7.4 (HIGH)
Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityHigh
Attack RequirementsNone
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionPassive
Confidentiality (Vulnerable System)High
Integrity (Vulnerable System)High
Availability (Vulnerable System)None
Confidentiality (Subsequent System)Low
Integrity (Subsequent System)Low
Availability (Subsequent System)None
Affected & Patched Versions
- GitHub Enterprise Server >= 3.17.0 and < 3.17.*
- GitHub Enterprise Server >= 3.18.0 and < 3.18.*
- GitHub Enterprise Server >= 3.19.0 and < 3.19.*
- GitHub Enterprise Server >= 3.20.0 and < 3.20.*
- GitHub Enterprise Server >= 3.21.0 and < 3.21.*
- GitHub Enterprise Server >= 3.22.0 and < 3.22.*
- GitHub Enterprise Server 3.17.*
- GitHub Enterprise Server 3.18.*
- GitHub Enterprise Server 3.19.*
- GitHub Enterprise Server 3.20.*
- GitHub Enterprise Server 3.21.*
- GitHub Enterprise Server 3.22.*
External References
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.17/admin/release-notes#3.17.21
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.18/admin/release-notes#3.18.15
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.19/admin/release-notes#3.19.12
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.20/admin/release-notes#3.20.8
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.21/admin/release-notes#3.21.6
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.22/admin/release-notes#3.22.1