CVE-2017-18365
highpriority · attend · 56EPSS 0.212 · 98 %ileexploit · weaponizedEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The Management Console in GitHub Enterprise 2.8.x before 2.8.7 has a deserialization issue that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. This occurs because the enterprise session secret is always the same, and can be found in the product's source code. By sending a crafted cookie signed with this secret, one can call Marshal.load with arbitrary data, which is a problem because the Marshal data format allows Ruby objects.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8
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exploits (1)
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affected products (3)
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also known as (3)
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references (7)
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- https://enterprise.github.com/releases/2.8.7/notescnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18365cnnvd
- https://www.exablue.de/blog/2017-03-15-github-enterprise-remote-code-execution.htmlcnnvd
- https://enterprise.github.com/releases/2.8.7/notesenisa_euvd
- https://www.exablue.de/blog/2017-03-15-github-enterprise-remote-code-execution.htmlenisa_euvd
- https://enterprise.github.com/releases/2.8.7/notesVendor Advisorynvd
- https://www.exablue.de/blog/2017-03-15-github-enterprise-remote-code-execution.htmlExploitThird Party Advisorynvd
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