CVE-2025-6981

published 2025-07-15

CVE-2025-6981: An incorrect authorization vulnerability allowed unauthorized read access to the contents of internal repositories for contractor accounts when the Contractors…

Priority P4 24 medium 4.3 CVSS 3.1

AV N AC L PR L UI N S U C L I N A N

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

Affected

5 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
github	enterprise_server	< 3.14.5	3.14.5
github	enterprise_server	>= 3.14.0 < 3.14.15	3.14.15
github	enterprise_server	>= 3.15.0 < 3.15.10	3.15.10
github	enterprise_server	>= 3.16.0 < 3.16.6	3.16.6
github	enterprise_server	>= 3.17.0 < 3.17.3	3.17.3

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 4.3 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

nvd v4.0 5.3 MEDIUM 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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