CVE-2012-2055

high
Published 2012-04-05 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS v2
5.0
VIR risk
7.5

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/blog/1068-public-key-security-vulnerability-and-mitigation

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
github githubgithub{"endExcluding":"20120304"}20120304

References

CWEs

CWE-913

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.