Description
A remote code execution vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server in the Git service (babeld). babeld held references into internal collections while calling into the SSH library, where a re-entrant callback could modify a collection and invalidate those references. An attacker with an account and SSH access to the instance could leverage this use-after-free into a controlled write and run arbitrary commands as babeld, including disclosure of its environment secrets. Exploitation required per-build memory offsets; failed attempts crashed babeld. This affected all releases prior to 3.23 and was fixed in 3.22.3, 3.21.8, 3.20.10, and 3.19.14. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.
Published: 2026-11-03
Score: 7.7 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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Wed, 04 Nov 2026 01:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Github
Github enterprise Server
Vendors & Products Github
Github enterprise Server

Tue, 03 Nov 2026 23:00:00 +0000

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Description A remote code execution vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server in the Git service (babeld). babeld held references into internal collections while calling into the SSH library, where a re-entrant callback could modify a collection and invalidate those references. An attacker with an account and SSH access to the instance could leverage this use-after-free into a controlled write and run arbitrary commands as babeld, including disclosure of its environment secrets. Exploitation required per-build memory offsets; failed attempts crashed babeld. This affected all releases prior to 3.23 and was fixed in 3.22.3, 3.21.8, 3.20.10, and 3.19.14. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.
Title Use-after-free vulnerability in GitHub Enterprise Server allowed remote code execution in the Git service
Weaknesses CWE-1265
CWE-416
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N'}


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Github Enterprise Server
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_P

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-03T22:49:48.079Z

Reserved: 2026-10-02T03:42:53.505Z

Link: CVE-2026-104608

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-11-03T23:17:24.420

Modified: 2026-11-03T23:17:24.420

Link: CVE-2026-104608

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Updated: 2026-11-04T04:15:07Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-1265

    Unintended Reentrant Invocation of Non-reentrant Code Via Nested Calls

  • CWE-416

    Use After Free