{"id":"CVE-2025-52569","aliases":["EUVD-2025-19117","GHSA-jg9p-c3wh-q83x","JLSEC-2025-5"],"status":"published","title":"GitHub.jl lacks validation for user-provided fields","description":"GitForge.jl is a unified interface for interacting with Git \"forges.\" Versions prior to 5.9.1 lack input validation of input validation for user-provided values in certain functions. In the `GitHub.repo()` function, the user can provide any string for the `repo_name` field. These inputs are not validated or safely encoded and are sent directly to the server. This means a user can add path traversal patterns like `../` in the input to access any other endpoints on `api.github.com` that were not intended. Users should upgrade immediately to v5.9.1 or later to receive a patch. All prior versions are vulnerable. No known workarounds are available.","severity":{"version":"4.0","score":6.6,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-12","score":0.00472,"percentile":0.41292,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-20","CWE-22"],"published":"2025-06-25T16:41:46Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:54Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"Julia","package":"GitHub","fixed_in":["5.9.1"],"sources":["osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Julia","package":"GitHub","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.9.1"}]}]}],"products":[{"vendor":"juliaweb","product":"github.jl"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/JuliaWeb/GitHub.jl/security/advisories/GHSA-jg9p-c3wh-q83x","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/JuliaWeb/GitHub.jl/pull/224","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","fix","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/52xxx/CVE-2025-52569.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-52569","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2025-52569","title":"GitHub.jl lacks validation for user-provided fields","description":"GitForge.jl is a unified interface for interacting with Git \"forges.\" Versions prior to 5.9.1 lack input validation of input validation for user-provided values in certain functions. In the `GitHub.repo()` function, the user can provide any string for the `repo_name` field. These inputs are not validated or safely encoded and are sent directly to the server. This means a user can add path traversal patterns like `../` in the input to access any other endpoints on `api.github.com` that were not intended. Users should upgrade immediately to v5.9.1 or later to receive a patch. All prior versions are vulnerable. No known workarounds are available.","status":"published","published":"2025-06-25T16:41:46.303Z","modified":"2025-06-25T17:55:48.517Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":6.6,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-20","CWE-22"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:32:31.309974Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2025-19117","description":"GitForge.jl is a unified interface for interacting with Git \"forges.\" Versions prior to 5.9.1 lack input validation of input validation for user-provided values in certain functions. In the `GitHub.repo()` function, the user can provide any string for the `repo_name` field. These inputs are not validated or safely encoded and are sent directly to the server. This means a user can add path traversal patterns like `../` in the input to access any other endpoints on `api.github.com` that were not intended. Users should upgrade immediately to v5.9.1 or later to receive a patch. All prior versions are vulnerable. No known workarounds are available.","status":"published","published":"2025-06-25T16:41:46Z","modified":"2025-06-25T17:55:48Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":6.6,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T20:32:16.561416Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2025-52569","description":"GitForge.jl is a unified interface for interacting with Git \"forges.\" Versions prior to 5.9.1 lack input validation of input validation for user-provided values in certain functions. In the `GitHub.repo()` function, the user can provide any string for the `repo_name` field. These inputs are not validated or safely encoded and are sent directly to the server. This means a user can add path traversal patterns like `../` in the input to access any other endpoints on `api.github.com` that were not intended. Users should upgrade immediately to v5.9.1 or later to receive a patch. All prior versions are vulnerable. No known workarounds are available.","status":"published","published":"2025-06-25T17:15:38.883Z","modified":"2026-06-17T09:36:41.85Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":6.6,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-20","CWE-22"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:11:14.781314Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2025-52569","title":"GitHub.jl lacks validation for user-provided fields","description":"GitForge.jl is a unified interface for interacting with Git \"forges.\" Versions prior to 5.9.1 lack input validation of input validation for user-provided values in certain functions. In the `GitHub.repo()` function, the user can provide any string for the `repo_name` field. These inputs are not validated or safely encoded and are sent directly to the server. This means a user can add path traversal patterns like `../` in the input to access any other endpoints on `api.github.com` that were not intended. Users should upgrade immediately to v5.9.1 or later to receive a patch. All prior versions are vulnerable. No known workarounds are available.","status":"published","published":"2025-06-25T16:41:46.303Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:54.457350118Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":6.6,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-20","CWE-22"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:44:50.45326Z"},{"id":"JLSEC-2025-5","title":"Lack of validation for user-provided fields in GitHub.jl","description":"There is a lack of input validation for user-provided values in certain functions.\n\nIn the `GitHub.repo()` function, the user can provide any string for the `repo_name` field. These inputs are not validated or safely encoded and are sent directly to the server.\n\n### Impact\n\nThis means a user can add path traversal patterns like `../` in the input to access any other endpoints on `api.github.com` that were not intended.\n\n### Patches\n\nUsers should upgrade immediately to v5.9.1 or later. All prior versions are vulnerable. We recommend users upgrade to v5.10.0\n\n### Workarounds\n\nNone\n\n### References\n\nFixed by: https://github.com/JuliaWeb/GitHub.jl/pull/224 (which is available in v5.9.1).\n\n### Credits\n\n*splitline* from the DEVCORE Research Team for reported similar issues in other packages. Audit of equivalent problems in this package resulted in this issue, found by Dilum Aluthge.","status":"published","published":"2025-10-08T17:41:37.19Z","modified":"2026-07-18T03:45:03.273508569Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":6.6,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:47:17.805107Z"}]}}