Pre-Receive Hook Path Collision Vulnerability in GitHub Enterprise Server Allowing Privilege Escalation_CVE-2025-11578

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    "description": "A privilege escalation vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed an authenticated Enterprise admin to gain root SSH access to the appliance by exploiting a symlink escape in pre-receive hook environments. By crafting a malicious repository and environment, an attacker could replace system binaries during hook cleanup and execute a payload that adds their own SSH key to the root user\u2019s authorized keys\u2014thereby granting themselves root SSH access to the server. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker needed to have enterprise admin privileges. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.19, and was fixed in versions 3.14.19, 3.15.14, 3.16.10, 3.17.7 and 3.18.1. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.",
    "published": "2025-11-10T22:44:33.200Z",
    "modified": "2025-11-10T22:44:33.200Z",
    "type": "cve",
    "title": "Pre-Receive Hook Path Collision Vulnerability in GitHub Enterprise Server Allowing Privilege Escalation",
    "source": "GitHub_P",
    "references": "https://docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes#3.14.19\nhttps://docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes#3.15.14\nhttps://docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes#3.16.10\nhttps://docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes#3.17.7\nhttps://docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes#3.18.1",
    "id": "CVE-2025-11578",
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    "sourceData": "GitHub Enterprise Server 3.14\nGitHub Enterprise Server 3.15\nGitHub Enterprise Server 3.16\nGitHub Enterprise Server 3.17\nGitHub Enterprise Server 3.18",
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