{"id":"CVE-2025-47928","aliases":["EUVD-2025-28133","GHSA-h25v-8c87-rvm8","UBUNTU-CVE-2025-47928"],"status":"published","title":"Spotipy repo vulnerable to secrets exfiltration via `pull_request_target`","description":"Spotipy is a Python library for the Spotify Web API. As of commit 4f5759dbfb4506c7b6280572a4db1aabc1ac778d, using `pull_request_target` on `.github/workflows/integration_tests.yml` followed by the checking out the head.sha of a forked PR can be exploited by attackers, since untrusted code can be executed having full access to secrets (from the base repo). By exploiting the vulnerability is possible to exfiltrate `GITHUB_TOKEN` and secrets `SPOTIPY_CLIENT_ID`,  `SPOTIPY_CLIENT_SECRET`. In particular `GITHUB_TOKEN` which can be used to completely overtake the repo since the token has content write privileges. The `pull_request_target` in GitHub Actions is a major security concern—especially in public repositories—because it executes untrusted code from a PR, but with the context of the base repository, including access to its secrets. Commit 9dfb7177b8d7bb98a5a6014f8e6436812a47576f reverted the change that caused the issue.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":9.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"critical","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-11","score":0.00629,"percentile":0.50598,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":true,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-488"],"published":"2025-05-15T20:09:48Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:21Z","exploits":[{"source":"pocgithub","id":"pvharmo2/gha-lab-2f775f277c","title":"pvharmo2/gha-lab-2f775f277c","date":"2026-09-04","url":"https://github.com/pvharmo2/gha-lab-2f775f277c"}],"affected":[{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:25.10","package":"spotipy","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["2.25.1-1"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:26.10","package":"spotipy","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["2.25.2-1","2.26.0-1"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:26.04:LTS","package":"spotipy","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["2.25.1-1","2.25.2-1"]}],"products":[{"vendor":"spotipy-dev","product":"spotipy"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/spotipy-dev/spotipy/security/advisories/GHSA-h25v-8c87-rvm8","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","advisory","report"]},{"url":"https://github.com/spotipy-dev/spotipy/commit/4f5759dbfb4506c7b6280572a4db1aabc1ac778d","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","fix","report"]},{"url":"https://github.com/spotipy-dev/spotipy/commit/9dfb7177b8d7bb98a5a6014f8e6436812a47576f","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","fix","report"]},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/47xxx/CVE-2025-47928.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-47928","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-47928","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-47928","tags":["report"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2025-47928","title":"Spotipy repo vulnerable to secrets exfiltration via `pull_request_target`","description":"Spotipy is a Python library for the Spotify Web API. As of commit 4f5759dbfb4506c7b6280572a4db1aabc1ac778d, using `pull_request_target` on `.github/workflows/integration_tests.yml` followed by the checking out the head.sha of a forked PR can be exploited by attackers, since untrusted code can be executed having full access to secrets (from the base repo). By exploiting the vulnerability is possible to exfiltrate `GITHUB_TOKEN` and secrets `SPOTIPY_CLIENT_ID`,  `SPOTIPY_CLIENT_SECRET`. In particular `GITHUB_TOKEN` which can be used to completely overtake the repo since the token has content write privileges. The `pull_request_target` in GitHub Actions is a major security concern—especially in public repositories—because it executes untrusted code from a PR, but with the context of the base repository, including access to its secrets. Commit 9dfb7177b8d7bb98a5a6014f8e6436812a47576f reverted the change that caused the issue.","status":"published","published":"2025-05-15T20:09:48.326Z","modified":"2025-05-15T20:18:00.369Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"critical","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-488"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:32:25.982948Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2025-28133","description":"Spotipy is a Python library for the Spotify Web API. As of commit 4f5759dbfb4506c7b6280572a4db1aabc1ac778d, using `pull_request_target` on `.github/workflows/integration_tests.yml` followed by the checking out the head.sha of a forked PR can be exploited by attackers, since untrusted code can be executed having full access to secrets (from the base repo). By exploiting the vulnerability is possible to exfiltrate `GITHUB_TOKEN` and secrets `SPOTIPY_CLIENT_ID`,  `SPOTIPY_CLIENT_SECRET`. In particular `GITHUB_TOKEN` which can be used to completely overtake the repo since the token has content write privileges. The `pull_request_target` in GitHub Actions is a major security concern—especially in public repositories—because it executes untrusted code from a PR, but with the context of the base repository, including access to its secrets. Commit 9dfb7177b8d7bb98a5a6014f8e6436812a47576f reverted the change that caused the issue.","status":"published","published":"2025-05-15T20:09:48Z","modified":"2025-05-15T20:18:00Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"critical"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T20:32:45.606938Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2025-47928","description":"Spotipy is a Python library for the Spotify Web API. As of commit 4f5759dbfb4506c7b6280572a4db1aabc1ac778d, using `pull_request_target` on `.github/workflows/integration_tests.yml` followed by the checking out the head.sha of a forked PR can be exploited by attackers, since untrusted code can be executed having full access to secrets (from the base repo). By exploiting the vulnerability is possible to exfiltrate `GITHUB_TOKEN` and secrets `SPOTIPY_CLIENT_ID`,  `SPOTIPY_CLIENT_SECRET`. In particular `GITHUB_TOKEN` which can be used to completely overtake the repo since the token has content write privileges. The `pull_request_target` in GitHub Actions is a major security concern—especially in public repositories—because it executes untrusted code from a PR, but with the context of the base repository, including access to its secrets. Commit 9dfb7177b8d7bb98a5a6014f8e6436812a47576f reverted the change that caused the issue.","status":"published","published":"2025-05-15T20:16:09.65Z","modified":"2026-06-17T09:28:50.923Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"critical","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-488"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:11:08.321805Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2025-47928","title":"Spotipy repo vulnerable to secrets exfiltration via `pull_request_target`","description":"Spotipy is a Python library for the Spotify Web API. As of commit 4f5759dbfb4506c7b6280572a4db1aabc1ac778d, using `pull_request_target` on `.github/workflows/integration_tests.yml` followed by the checking out the head.sha of a forked PR can be exploited by attackers, since untrusted code can be executed having full access to secrets (from the base repo). By exploiting the vulnerability is possible to exfiltrate `GITHUB_TOKEN` and secrets `SPOTIPY_CLIENT_ID`,  `SPOTIPY_CLIENT_SECRET`. In particular `GITHUB_TOKEN` which can be used to completely overtake the repo since the token has content write privileges. The `pull_request_target` in GitHub Actions is a major security concern—especially in public repositories—because it executes untrusted code from a PR, but with the context of the base repository, including access to its secrets. Commit 9dfb7177b8d7bb98a5a6014f8e6436812a47576f reverted the change that caused the issue.","status":"published","published":"2025-05-15T20:09:48.326Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:21.58603056Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"critical"}],"cwes":["CWE-488"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:44:50.037003Z"},{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2025-47928","description":"Spotipy is a Python library for the Spotify Web API. As of commit 4f5759dbfb4506c7b6280572a4db1aabc1ac778d, using `pull_request_target` on `.github/workflows/integration_tests.yml` followed by the checking out the head.sha of a forked PR can be exploited by attackers, since untrusted code can be executed having full access to secrets (from the base repo). By exploiting the vulnerability is possible to exfiltrate `GITHUB_TOKEN` and secrets `SPOTIPY_CLIENT_ID`,  `SPOTIPY_CLIENT_SECRET`. In particular `GITHUB_TOKEN` which can be used to completely overtake the repo since the token has content write privileges. The `pull_request_target` in GitHub Actions is a major security concern—especially in public repositories—because it executes untrusted code from a PR, but with the context of the base repository, including access to its secrets. Commit 9dfb7177b8d7bb98a5a6014f8e6436812a47576f reverted the change that caused the issue.","status":"published","published":"2025-05-15T20:16:00Z","modified":"2026-10-17T12:57:28.834312671Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"critical"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T16:55:50.31802Z"}]}}