8.1
/ 10
HIGH
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:N
Description
An improper neutralization of special elements vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed an authenticated Management Console administrator to execute arbitrary OS commands via shell metacharacter injection in proxy configuration fields such as http_proxy. Exploitation of this vulnerability required access to the GitHub Enterprise Server instance and administrator privileges to the Management Console. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.21 and was fixed in versions 3.20.1, 3.19.5, 3.18.8, 3.17.14, 3.16.17, 3.15.21, 3.14.26. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.
Basic Information
ID
CVE-2026-4821
Source
GitHub_P
Published
Apr 21, 2026 at 22:12
Affected Product
Vendor
GitHub
Product
Enterprise Server
Version
3.20.0
Affected Versions
GitHub Enterprise Server 3.20.0
GitHub Enterprise Server 3.19.0
GitHub Enterprise Server 3.18.0
GitHub Enterprise Server 3.17.0
GitHub Enterprise Server 3.16.0
GitHub Enterprise Server 3.15.0
GitHub Enterprise Server 3.14.0
GitHub Enterprise Server 3.19.0
GitHub Enterprise Server 3.18.0
GitHub Enterprise Server 3.17.0
GitHub Enterprise Server 3.16.0
GitHub Enterprise Server 3.15.0
GitHub Enterprise Server 3.14.0
CWE Classification
References
- docs.github.com /en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes
- docs.github.com /en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes
- docs.github.com /en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes
- docs.github.com /en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes
- docs.github.com /en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes
- docs.github.com /en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes
- docs.github.com /en/[email protected]/admin/release-notes