CVE-2012-2055 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

GitHub Enterprise before 20120304 does not properly restrict the use of a hash to provide values for a model's attributes, which allows remote attackers to set the public_key[user_id] value via a modified URL for the public-key update form, related to a "mass assignment" vulnerability.

Published: 2012-04-04

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 1.1% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:github:github:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01066.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://homakov.blogspot.com/2012/03/how-to.html
http://lwn.net/Articles/488702/
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74812
https://github.com/blog/1068-public-key-security-vulnerability-and-mitigation

History

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Subscriptions

Github Github

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2012-04-04T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T19:17:27.693Z

Reserved: 2012-04-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-2055

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-04-05T14:55:06.107

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-2055

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-913

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