CVE-20XX-?

CVE-2026-7541

6.3 MEDIUM 0.4% exploit odds Fix listed Denial of service Server

What it is

A denial of service vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed an unauthenticated attacker to cause service disruption by sending crafted requests with deeply nested JSON payloads to an unauthenticated API endpoint. The endpoint parsed user-controlled JSON request bodies without size or depth limits, causing excessive CPU and memory consumption. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.21 and was fixed in versions 3.20.2, 3.19.6, 3.18.9, 3.17.15, and 3.16.18. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.

At a glance

Exploitability
Can be exploited over the network without logging in. High risk of service disruption.
Exploit odds
0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
Fix
A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.

Timeline

  1. PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
  2. Last updatedMost recent change to the record

Details

Published
Last modified
Exploit probability
0.4% · EPSS, next 30 days
Weakness
CWE-770 · Allocation without limits
Record status
Analyzed

Affected

Attack profile CVSS 4.0 · 6.3

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Attack requirements
Present
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Raw vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

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Fix and advisories

References

NVD record · CVE.org record