An improper neutralization of special elements vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed an attacker with push access to a repository to achieve remote code execution on the instance. During a git push operation, user-supplied push option values were not properly sanitized before being included in internal service headers. Because the internal header format used a delimiter character that could also appear in user input, an attacker could inject additional metadata fields through crafted push option values. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program and has been fixed in GitHub Enterprise Server versions 3.14.24, 3.15.19, 3.16.15, 3.17.12, 3.18.6 and 3.19.3.
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| Description | An improper neutralization of special elements vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed an attacker with push access to a repository to achieve remote code execution on the instance. During a git push operation, user-supplied push option values were not properly sanitized before being included in internal service headers. Because the internal header format used a delimiter character that could also appear in user input, an attacker could inject additional metadata fields through crafted push option values. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program and has been fixed in GitHub Enterprise Server versions 3.14.24, 3.15.19, 3.16.15, 3.17.12, 3.18.6 and 3.19.3. | |
| Title | Remote code execution via git push option injection in GitHub Enterprise Server | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-77 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_P
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Updated: 2026-03-10T17:37:34.890Z
Reserved: 2026-03-09T20:19:58.513Z
Link: CVE-2026-3854
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-03-10T18:19:06.007
Modified: 2026-03-10T18:19:06.007
Link: CVE-2026-3854
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