Vulnerability · Published May 15, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2025-47928Spotipy repo vulnerable to secrets exfiltration via `pull_request_target`
Critical 9.1
In plain English
A critical-severity security flaw in spotipy from spotipy-dev. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 50% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.
Official 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.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:25.10 | spotipy | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-47928 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | spotipy | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-47928 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | spotipy | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-47928 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| spotipy-dev | spotipy | = 4f5759dbfb4506c7b6280572a4db1aabc1ac778d |
Weakness: CWE-488 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
References
- https://github.com/spotipy-dev/spotipy/security/advisories/GHSA-h25v-8c87-rvm8 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/spotipy-dev/spotipy/commit/4f5759dbfb4506c7b6280572a4db1aabc1ac778d x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/spotipy-dev/spotipy/commit/9dfb7177b8d7bb98a5a6014f8e6436812a47576f x_refsource_MISC