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GitHub has remediated an authentication bypass vulnerability under CVE-2024-4985 (CVSSv4: 10.0). This vulnerability allows an attacker to use SAML single sign-on (SSO) authentication to sign in as a user with administrator privileges. This affects GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES) versions prior to 3.13.0 that use SAML SSO with encrypted assertions.
This vulnerability requires immediate attention due to its severity and potential for exploitation.
Exploitation could lead to unauthorized access, data exfiltration, and injection of malicious code, resulting in significant data, monetary, and reputational loss.
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