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Vulnerabilities CVE-2026-17556

CVE-2026-17556

High
Open
TLP:CLEAR

Path traversal in GitHub Enterprise Server allowed unauthenticated deletion of instance storage via the X-GitHub-Request-Id header

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Description

A path traversal vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed an unauthenticated attacker to delete arbitrary files and directories on the instance, including the entire user storage directory containing Git LFS objects, release assets, attachments, and avatars. The X-GitHub-Request-Id request header was used without sanitization as a filesystem path segment for the upload buffer directory, so a traversal value pointed the buffer at an arbitrary path and the deferred cleanup routine recursively removed the traversed target. Exploitation required only network reachability to the instance and no authentication, and it worked even when private mode was enabled. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.22 and was fixed in versions 3.21.4, 3.20.6, 3.19.10, 3.18.13 and 3.17.19. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.

Details

CVSS Score
8.8
EPSS Score
0.46%

38th percentile

CVSS Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Confidence
90%
Published
Aug 5, 2026
Last Modified
Aug 6, 2026
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