CVE-2025-52467
pgai secrets exfiltration via `pull_request_target`
pgai is a Python library that transforms PostgreSQL into a retrieval engine for RAG and Agentic applications. Prior to commit 8eb3567, the pgai repository was vulnerable to an attack allowing the exfiltration of all secrets used in one workflow. In particular, the GITHUB_TOKEN with write permissions for the repository, allowing an attacker to tamper with all aspects of the repository, including pushing arbitrary code and releases. This issue has been patched in commit 8eb3567.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
pgai secrets exfiltration via `pull_request_target`
pgai is a Python library that transforms PostgreSQL into a retrieval engine for RAG and Agentic applications. Prior to commit 8eb3567, the pgai repository was vulnerable to an attack allowing the exfiltration of all secrets used in one workflow. In particular, the GITHUB_TOKEN with write permissions for the repository, allowing an attacker to tamper with all aspects of the repository, including pushing arbitrary code and releases. This issue has been patched in commit 8eb3567.
- Record
CVE-2025-52467- CVSS 3.1
- 9.1 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-18904
pgai is a Python library that transforms PostgreSQL into a retrieval engine for RAG and Agentic applications. Prior to commit 8eb3567, the pgai repository was vulnerable to an attack allowing the exfiltration of all secrets used in one workflow. In particular, the GITHUB_TOKEN with write permissions for the repository, allowing an attacker to tamper with all aspects of the repository, including pushing arbitrary code and releases. This issue has been patched in commit 8eb3567.
- Record
EUVD-2025-18904- CVSS 3.1
- 9.1 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
pgai is a Python library that transforms PostgreSQL into a retrieval engine for RAG and Agentic applications. Prior to commit 8eb3567, the pgai repository was vulnerable to an attack allowing the exfiltration of all secrets used in one workflow. In particular, the GITHUB_TOKEN with write permissions for the repository, allowing an attacker to tamper with all aspects of the repository, including pushing arbitrary code and releases. This issue has been patched in commit 8eb3567.
- Record
CVE-2025-52467- CVSS 3.1
- 9.1 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
pgai secrets exfiltration via `pull_request_target`
pgai is a Python library that transforms PostgreSQL into a retrieval engine for RAG and Agentic applications. Prior to commit 8eb3567, the pgai repository was vulnerable to an attack allowing the exfiltration of all secrets used in one workflow. In particular, the GITHUB_TOKEN with write permissions for the repository, allowing an attacker to tamper with all aspects of the repository, including pushing arbitrary code and releases. This issue has been patched in commit 8eb3567.
- Record
CVE-2025-52467- CVSS 3.1
- 9.1 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | pvharmo2/gha-lab-e8902eccd3 | 2026-09-04 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, NVD, OSV, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-52467 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.1) in Timescale Pgai, published June 19, 2025. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.40%, the 34th percentile. No source names a fixed version.