Vulnerability · Published Aug 3, 2025 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2025-54956
Low 3.2
In plain English
A low-severity security flaw in gh from r-lib. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 6% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)3.2Low
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 93.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
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.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | r-cran-gh | 1.4.0-1+deb12u1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-54956 |
| Debian:13 | r-cran-gh | 1.4.1-1+deb13u1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-54956 |
| Debian:14 | r-cran-gh | 1.5.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-54956 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | r-cran-gh | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-54956 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | r-cran-gh | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-54956 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | r-cran-gh | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-54956 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | r-cran-gh | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-54956 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | r-cran-gh | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-54956 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-669 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N