CVE-2026-15996 json
Denial of service vulnerability in GitHub Enterprise Server allowed unauthenticated service disruption via deeply nested request parameters
published 3mo ago modified 17d ago also EUVD-2026-53611
- cvss
- 7.5
- version 3.1, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.8%
- EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 55%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
A denial of service vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed an unauthenticated attacker to cause excessive CPU consumption and exhaust the pool of request-handling worker processes by sending a crafted form-encoded HTTP POST request containing deeply nested parameters. Because request parameters were parsed before routing and authentication, any POST endpoint could be used to trigger the condition, which could render the instance unresponsive. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.21 and was fixed in versions 3.20.3, 3.19.7, 3.18.10, and 3.17.16.
Patch / fix
- GitHub Enterprise Server 3.17.16, 3.18.10, 3.19.7, 3.20.3
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- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 3mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 55% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 4.0 | 6.6 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U |
| CNA | 4.0 | 6.6 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/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 |
| NVD | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Affected products
- GitHub Enterprise Server
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-674 Uncontrolled Recursion
References
-
docs.github.com
/en/enterprise-server@3.17/admin/release-notes#3.17.16
release-notes, product
-
docs.github.com
/en/enterprise-server@3.18/admin/release-notes#3.18.10
release-notes, product
-
docs.github.com
/en/enterprise-server@3.19/admin/release-notes#3.19.7
release-notes, product
-
docs.github.com
/en/enterprise-server@3.20/admin/release-notes#3.20.3
release-notes, product
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-15996
- NVD CVE-2026-15996
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