CVE-2025-10281
Insecure URL Handling in git_clone Leading to Leaked API Key
BBOT's git_clone module could be abused to disclose a GitHub API key to an attacker controlled server with a malicious formatted git URL.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
4.7
Insecure URL Handling in git_clone Leading to Leaked API Key
BBOT's git_clone module could be abused to disclose a GitHub API key to an attacker controlled server with a malicious formatted git URL.
- Record
CVE-2025-10281- CVSS 3.1
- 4.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-33396
4.7
BBOT's git_clone module could be abused to disclose a GitHub API key to an attacker controlled server with a malicious formatted git URL.
- Record
EUVD-2025-33396- CVSS 3.1
- 4.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-63wh-p5fx-h4vc
4.7
BBOT's git_clone.py can expose users' GitHub API keys to an attacker-controlled webserver
Summary
Due to unsafe URL handling, bbot's git_clone.py can be made to leak a user's github.com API key to an attacker-controlled webserver.
Impact
A user who has placed their github.com API key in the configuration for any of the following modules:
github_codesearchgithub_workflowsgitlabgit_clonegithub_usersearchgithub_org
may leak it to an untrustworthy server.
- Record
GHSA-63wh-p5fx-h4vc- CVSS 3.1
- 4.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
4.7
BBOT's git_clone module could be abused to disclose a GitHub API key to an attacker controlled server with a malicious formatted git URL.
- Record
CVE-2025-10281- CVSS 3.1
- 4.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-63wh-p5fx-h4vc
4.7
BBOT's git_clone.py can expose users' GitHub API keys to an attacker-controlled webserver
Summary
Due to unsafe URL handling, bbot's git_clone.py can be made to leak a user's github.com API key to an attacker-controlled webserver.
Impact
A user who has placed their github.com API key in the configuration for any of the following modules:
github_codesearchgithub_workflowsgitlabgit_clonegithub_usersearchgithub_org
may leak it to an untrustworthy server.
- Record
GHSA-63wh-p5fx-h4vc- CVSS 3.1
- 4.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVPYSEC-2026-1216
4.7
BBOT's git_clone.py can expose users' GitHub API keys to an attacker-controlled webserver
Summary
Due to unsafe URL handling, bbot's git_clone.py can be made to leak a user's github.com API key to an attacker-controlled webserver.
Impact
A user who has placed their github.com API key in the configuration for any of the following modules:
github_codesearchgithub_workflowsgitlabgit_clonegithub_usersearchgithub_org
may leak it to an untrustworthy server.
- Record
PYSEC-2026-1216- CVSS 3.1
- 4.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
bbotPyPI |
before 2.7.0 | 2.7.0 |
bbotPyPI |
before 2.7.0, plus listed versions 1.0.01.0.11.0.21.0.31.0.3.512 Show 45 moreShow less1.0.3.5211.0.3.5451.0.3.5831.0.3.6961.0.3.7771.0.3.7801.0.3.9191.0.4.1132rc01.0.4.1134rc01.0.4.1139rc01.0.4.1141rc01.0.4.1147rc01.0.4.1156rc01.0.4.1158rc01.0.4.1160rc01.0.4.1162rc01.0.4.1164rc01.0.4.1166rc01.0.4.1168rc01.0.4.1170rc01.0.4.1173rc01.0.4.1175rc01.0.4.1177rc01.0.4.1183rc01.0.4.1185rc01.0.4.1193rc01.0.4.1197rc01.0.4.1199rc01.0.4.1233rc01.0.4.1235rc01.0.4.1237rc01.0.4.1242rc01.0.4.1262rc01.0.4.1266rc01.0.4.1269rc01.0.4.1272rc01.0.4.1276rc01.0.4.1279rc01.0.4.1285rc01.0.4.1303rc01.0.4.1306rc01.0.4.1310rc01.0.4.9221.0.5.1313rc01.0.5.1317rc0 |
2.7.0 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-10281 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.7) in Blsops, Llc Bbot, published October 9, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.23%, the 13th percentile. Fixed in bbot 2.7.0.
References
blog.blacklanternsecurity.com/p/bbot-security-advisory-gitdumper
github.com/blacklanternsecurity/bbot/security/advisories/GHSA-63wh-p5fx-h4vc
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-10281
github.com/blacklanternsecurity/bbot/commit/0ede97fa887de33fcfd1378b4213a09c21dc6140
github.com/advisories/GHSA-63wh-p5fx-h4vc
github.com/blacklanternsecurity/bbot
pypi.org/project/bbot
Left out here: 575 versions. The JSON record has them.