CVE-2026-2266 Details
An improper neutralization of input vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed DOM-based cross-site scripting via task list content. The task list content extraction logic did not properly re-encode browser-decoded text nodes before rendering, allowing user-supplied HTML to be injected into the page. An authenticated attacker could craft malicious task list items in issues or pull requests to execute arbitrary scripts in the context of another user's browser session. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.20 and was fixed in versions 3.18.6 and 3.19.3. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2026-2266
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System): EPSS predicts the likelihood that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild. A higher percentage means a greater chance of an exploit occurring. The EPSS model produces a probability score between 0 and 1 (0 and 100%).
0.03 Probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days (11th percentile)
CVSS score for CVE-2026-2266
CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System): An open framework owned and managed by FIRST.Org, Inc. that assigns a numerical score from 0 to 10 to software vulnerabilities to indicate their severity.
5.4 Medium

CVE-2026-2266 Global Footprint

Top 10 Identified Countries

Country Observations Percentage
US 127 61.06%
CA 11 5.29%
GB 7 3.37%
JP 7 3.37%
IE 7 3.37%
DE 6 2.88%
SE 6 2.88%
FR 6 2.88%
AU 6 2.88%
IN 4 1.92%

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CVE-2026-2266 Industry Footprint

Top 10 Identified Industries

*Service provider organizations (typically Technology and Telecommunications) are disproportionally represented in the results given their upstream ownership of end-user infrastructure. See our FAQs.

Industry* Observations Percentage
Technology 183 89.71%
Education 12 5.88%
Telecommunications 3 1.47%
Aerospace/Defense 2 0.98%
Government/Politics 2 0.98%
Manufacturing 2 0.98%

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