CVE-2012-2055

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

GitHub Enterprise before 20120304 does not properly restrict the use of a hash to provide values for a model's attributes, which allows remote attackers to set the public_key[user_id] value via a modified URL for the public-key update form, related to a "mass assignment" vulnerability.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-913

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://homakov.blogspot.com/2012/03/how-to.htmlIssue Tracking
http://lwn.net/Articles/488702/Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74812Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://github.com/blog/1068-public-key-security-vulnerability-and-mitigationVendor Advisory
http://homakov.blogspot.com/2012/03/how-to.htmlIssue Tracking
http://lwn.net/Articles/488702/Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74812Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://github.com/blog/1068-public-key-security-vulnerability-and-mitigationVendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Apr 5, 2012
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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