CVE-2026-6736

An authentication bypass vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed an unauthenticated attacker to create a local user account, bypassing the configured external identity provider. When external authentication was enabled, the signup endpoint did not properly enforce the authentication restriction, allowing account creation and session establishment without identity provider validation. The created account was limited to the default base permissions configured on the instance. Exploitation required network access to a GHES instance configured with an external authentication provider. 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.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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History

11 May 2026, 17:20

Type Values Removed Values Added
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 6.5
First Time Github
Github enterprise Server
CPE cpe:2.3:a:github:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References () https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.16/admin/release-notes#3.16.18 - () https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.16/admin/release-notes#3.16.18 - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
References () https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.17/admin/release-notes#3.17.15 - () https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.17/admin/release-notes#3.17.15 - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
References () https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.18/admin/release-notes#3.18.9 - () https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.18/admin/release-notes#3.18.9 - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
References () https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.19/admin/release-notes#3.19.6 - () https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.19/admin/release-notes#3.19.6 - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
References () https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.20/admin/release-notes#3.20.2 - () https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.20/admin/release-notes#3.20.2 - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory

07 May 2026, 22:16

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-05-07 22:16

Updated : 2026-05-11 17:20


NVD link : CVE-2026-6736

Mitre link : CVE-2026-6736

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-6736


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Products Affected

github

  • enterprise_server
CWE
CWE-306

Missing Authentication for Critical Function