Check Point Advisories

GitHub Enterprise Server Privilege Escalation (CVE-2024-0507)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2024-1161
Date Published:	1 Jan 2025
Severity:	Medium
Last Updated:	Wednesday 01 January, 2025
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2024-0507
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.8.13 GitHub Enterprise Server 3.9.0 and later, prior to 3.9.8 GitHub Enterprise Server 3.10.0 and later, prior to 3.10.5 GitHub Enterprise Server 3.11.0 and later, prior to 3.11.3
Vulnerability Description	A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in GitHub Enterprise Server. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would allow a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the GitHub Enterprise Server Privilege Escalation (CVE-2024-0507) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Web Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: GitHub Enterprise Server Privilege Escalation (CVE-2024-0507)