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BBOT's git_clone.py can expose users' GitHub API keys to an attacker-controlled webserver

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Oct 9, 2025 in blacklanternsecurity/bbot • Updated Oct 9, 2025

Package

pip bbot (pip)

Affected versions

< 2.7.0

Patched versions

2.7.0

Description

Summary

Due to unsafe URL handling, bbot's git_clone.py can be made to leak a user's github.com API key to an attacker-controlled webserver.

Impact

A user who has placed their github.com API key in the configuration for any of the following modules:

  • github_codesearch
  • github_workflows
  • gitlab
  • git_clone
  • github_usersearch
  • github_org

may leak it to an untrustworthy server.

References

@TheTechromancer TheTechromancer published to blacklanternsecurity/bbot Oct 9, 2025
Published by the National Vulnerability Database Oct 9, 2025
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Oct 9, 2025
Reviewed Oct 9, 2025
Last updated Oct 9, 2025

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(8th percentile)

Weaknesses

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2025-10281

GHSA ID

GHSA-63wh-p5fx-h4vc

Source code

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