CVE-2024-2440
Race Condition was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed maintaining admin permissions
A race condition in GitHub Enterprise Server allowed an existing admin to maintain permissions on a detached repository by making a GraphQL mutation to alter repository permissions while the repository is detached. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.13 and was fixed in versions 3.9.13, 3.10.10, 3.11.8 and 3.12.1. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Race Condition was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed maintaining admin permissions
A race condition in GitHub Enterprise Server allowed an existing admin to maintain permissions on a detached repository by making a GraphQL mutation to alter repository permissions while the repository is detached. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.13 and was fixed in versions 3.9.13, 3.10.10, 3.11.8 and 3.12.1. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.
- Record
CVE-2024-2440- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-367
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-27390
A race condition in GitHub Enterprise Server allowed an existing admin to maintain permissions on a detached repository by making a GraphQL mutation to alter repository permissions while the repository is detached. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.13 and was fixed in versions 3.9.13, 3.10.10, 3.11.8 and 3.12.1. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.
- Record
EUVD-2024-27390- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-r76q-x459-hm6w
A race condition in GitHub Enterprise Server allowed an existing admin to maintain permissions on...
A race condition in GitHub Enterprise Server allowed an existing admin to maintain permissions on a detached repository by making a GraphQL mutation to alter repository permissions while the repository is detached. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.13 and was fixed in versions 3.9.13, 3.10.10, 3.11.8 and 3.12.1. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.
- Record
GHSA-r76q-x459-hm6w- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-367
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A race condition in GitHub Enterprise Server allowed an existing admin to maintain permissions on a detached repository by making a GraphQL mutation to alter repository permissions while the repository is detached. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.13 and was fixed in versions 3.9.13, 3.10.10, 3.11.8 and 3.12.1. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.
- Record
CVE-2024-2440- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L - CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-367
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-2440 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Github Enterprise Server, published April 19, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.45%, the 39th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-2440
github.com/advisories/GHSA-r76q-x459-hm6w