CVE-2012-2055
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…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.82%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.82% probability · 79th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-913
- Affected
- github/github
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.8% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://homakov.blogspot.com/2012/03/how-to.htmlIssue Tracking
- http://lwn.net/Articles/488702/Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74812Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/blog/1068-public-key-security-vulnerability-and-mitigationVendor Advisory
- http://homakov.blogspot.com/2012/03/how-to.htmlIssue Tracking
- http://lwn.net/Articles/488702/Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74812Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/blog/1068-public-key-security-vulnerability-and-mitigationVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.