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Vulnerability · CVE-2026-7541

A denial of service vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed an unauthenticated attacker to cause service disruption by sending crafted re…

Published May 7, 2026 · catalog updated Jun 17, 2026 · enterprise server

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-7541. EPSS is 0.66%. Act only if a listed version of enterprise server is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium6.3
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.66%
Remediation
Not established
Affected products
cpe github/enterprise server

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.

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  • cpe github/enterprise serverversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2026-7541

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-7541. EPSS is 0.66%. Act only if a listed version of enterprise server is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. EPSS 0.66%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. May 7, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    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 affect

  2. Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    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 affect

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-7541

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-7541

    30-day exploitation probability 0.7%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-7541

    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 J

    nvd.nist.gov

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.