January 17, 2024 at 03:15AM
GitHub has responded to a security vulnerability by rotating some keys, including the GitHub commit signing key, GitHub Actions, GitHub Codespaces, and Dependabot customer encryption keys. The vulnerability, CVE-2024-0200, has not been exploited in the wild, but GitHub has addressed it with patches. Another bug, CVE-2024-0507, has also been resolved to prevent privilege escalation.
Key takeaways from the meeting notes:
– GitHub has rotated some keys in response to a security vulnerability in production containers.
– The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-0200, has a high severity score but has not been exploited in the wild.
– GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES) is also affected, but exploitation requires specific mitigating circumstances.
– Another high-severity bug, tracked as CVE-2024-0507, has also been addressed.
– GitHub had previously replaced its RSA SSH host key after it was briefly exposed in a public repository.
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