CVE-2026-19118: Race condition vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed remote code execution
Description
A time-of-check time-of-use race condition vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed remote code execution. Exploitation required an authenticated user with write access to a repository and precise timing of concurrent upload requests. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.22 and was fixed in versions 3.17.20, 3.18.14, 3.19.11, 3.20.7, and 3.21.5. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H · CWE-367
Tracked companies
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Status incidents that name it
No tracked status incident names this CVE.
Affected vendors and products
GitHub: Enterprise Server
References
- CVE record on cve.org (opens in new tab)
- NVD entry (opens in new tab)
- docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.17/admin/release-notes (opens in new tab)
- docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.18/admin/release-notes (opens in new tab)
- docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.19/admin/release-notes (opens in new tab)
- docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.20/admin/release-notes (opens in new tab)
- docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.21/admin/release-notes (opens in new tab)
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- This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (opens in new tab)
- Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (opens in new tab)
- EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (opens in new tab)