CVE-2025-54956

The gh package before 1.5.0 for R delivers an HTTP response in a data structure that includes the...

3.2 LowFix available

The gh package before 1.5.0 for R delivers an HTTP response in a data structure that includes the Authorization header from the corresponding HTTP request.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Local
Complexity: High
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: None
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

0.17%Up 0.2 points since Aug 4, 2025

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 3.2

The gh package before 1.5.0 for R delivers an HTTP response in a data structure that includes the Authorization header from the corresponding HTTP request.

Record: CVE-2025-54956
CVSS 3.1: 3.2 LowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-669
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2025-23481 3.2

The gh package before 1.5.0 for R delivers an HTTP response in a data structure that includes the Authorization header from the corresponding HTTP request.

Record: EUVD-2025-23481
CVSS 3.1: 3.2 LowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gfw5-r5r2-fv73 3.2

The gh package before 1.5.0 for R delivers an HTTP response in a data structure that includes the...

The gh package before 1.5.0 for R delivers an HTTP response in a data structure that includes the Authorization header from the corresponding HTTP request.

Record: GHSA-gfw5-r5r2-fv73
CVSS 3.1: 3.2 LowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-669
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 3.2

The gh package before 1.5.0 for R delivers an HTTP response in a data structure that includes the Authorization header from the corresponding HTTP request.

Record: CVE-2025-54956
CVSS 3.1: 3.2 LowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-669
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV 3.2

The gh package before 1.5.0 for R delivers an HTTP response in a data structure that includes the Authorization header from the corresponding HTTP request.

Record: CVE-2025-54956
CVSS 3.1: 3.2 LowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-669
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2025-54956 3.2

The gh package before 1.5.0 for R delivers an HTTP response in a data structure that includes the Authorization header from the corresponding HTTP request.

Record: DEBIAN-CVE-2025-54956
CVSS 3.1: 3.2 LowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2025-54956 3.2

The gh package before 1.5.0 for R delivers an HTTP response in a data structure that includes the Authorization header from the corresponding HTTP request.

Record: UBUNTU-CVE-2025-54956
CVSS 3.1: 3.2 LowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVRSEC-2025-0 No score

Arbitrary Code Execution (ACE) Vulnerability

A bug was identified in releases of the GH R package prior to version 1.5. This flaw could expose sensitive information, such as authentication tokens, through request headers during its operation if responses were cached to disk. We issued a Posit Security Advisory with the 1.5 release and attributed the submitter in the release notes.

Record: RSEC-2025-0
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

r-lib gh

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`r-cran-gh` Debian:12	before 1.4.0-1+deb12u1, plus listed versions 1.4.0-1	1.4.0-1+deb12u1
`r-cran-gh` Debian:13	before 1.4.1-1+deb13u1, plus listed versions 1.4.1-1	1.4.1-1+deb13u1
`r-cran-gh` Debian:14	before 1.5.0-1, plus listed versions 1.4.1-1	1.5.0-1
`r-cran-gh` Debian:11	before 1.2.0-1+deb11u1, plus listed versions 1.2.0-1	1.2.0-1+deb11u1
`gh` CRAN	1.1.0 up to 1.5.0, plus listed versions 1.2.01.2.11.3.01.3.11.4.01.4.1	1.5.0
`r-cran-gh` Ubuntu:20.04:LTS	All versions, plus listed versions 1.0.1-11.1.0-1	None known
`r-cran-gh` Ubuntu:22.04:LTS	All versions, plus listed versions 1.2.0-11.3.0-1	None known
`r-cran-gh` Ubuntu:24.04:LTS	All versions, plus listed versions 1.4.0-1	None known
`r-cran-gh` Ubuntu:25.10	All versions, plus listed versions 1.4.1-1	None known
`r-cran-gh` Ubuntu:26.10	All versions, plus listed versions 1.5.0-21.5.0-31.6.1-1	None known
`r-cran-gh` Ubuntu:26.04:LTS	All versions, plus listed versions 1.4.1-11.5.0-11.5.0-2	None known

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2025-54956 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 3.2) in R-lib Gh, published July 31, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.17%, the 6th percentile. Fixed in r-cran-gh 1.4.0-1+deb12u1.

References

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