CVE-2012-2055
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 1.8%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v3.1)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-913
- EPSS score
- 1.8% (79th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-2061)
- Published
- April 5, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-2061 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- github / github
References
- http://homakov.blogspot.com/2012/03/how-to.html(Issue Tracking)
- http://lwn.net/Articles/488702/(Third Party Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74812(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://github.com/blog/1068-public-key-security-vulnerability-and-mitigation(Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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