An improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that enabled remote code execution. A check was added within Pages to ensure the working directory is clean before unpacking new content to prevent an arbitrary file overwrite bug. This vulnerability affected only version 3.7.0 of GitHub Enterprise Server and was fixed in version 3.7.1. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-49074 An improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that enabled remote code execution. A check was added within Pages to ensure the working directory is clean before unpacking new content to prevent an arbitrary file overwrite bug. This vulnerability affected only version 3.7.0 of GitHub Enterprise Server and was fixed in version 3.7.1. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.
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Tue, 10 Nov 2026 21:30:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_P

Published:

Updated: 2025-04-22T15:58:08.645Z

Reserved: 2022-11-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-46255

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T14:31:44.433Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-14T18:15:23.193

Modified: 2026-06-17T05:11:24.237

Link: CVE-2022-46255

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