CVE-2025-47928
Publication date 16 May 2025
Last updated 16 May 2025
Ubuntu priority
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
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| spotipy | 25.04 plucky |
Needs evaluation
|
| 24.10 oracular |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release | |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
References
Other references
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-47928
- https://github.com/spotipy-dev/spotipy/commit/4f5759dbfb4506c7b6280572a4db1aabc1ac778d
- https://github.com/spotipy-dev/spotipy/commit/9dfb7177b8d7bb98a5a6014f8e6436812a47576f
- https://github.com/spotipy-dev/spotipy/security/advisories/GHSA-h25v-8c87-rvm8