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TI-2023-09437 Aliases CVE-2023-23608GHSA-q764-g6fm-555v

spotipy Path traversal vulnerability that may lead to type confusion in URI handling code

Priority MEDIUM 53CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Low · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

Spotipy is a light weight Python library for the Spotify Web API. In versions prior to 2.22.1, if a malicious URI is passed to the library, the library can be tricked into performing an operation on a different API endpoint than intended. The code Spotipy uses to parse URIs and URLs allows an attacker to insert arbitrary characters into the path that is used for API requests. Because it is possible to include "..", an attacker can redirect for example a track lookup via spotifyApi.track() to an arbitrary API endpoint like playlists, but this is possible for other endpoints as well. The impact of this vulnerability depends heavily on what operations a client application performs when it handles a URI from a user and how it uses the responses it receives from the API. This issue is patched in version 2.22.1.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00665 52nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed spotipy (spotipy-dev): 2.22.1spotipy (PyPI): 2.22.1

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
spotipy-devspotipybefore 2.22.12.22.1Patch availableCNA
—spotipy (PyPI)before 2.22.12.22.1Patch availableGHSA-q764-g6fm-555v
  • spotipy Vendorspotipy-dev Affected before 2.22.1 Fixed in 2.22.1 Patch available CNA
  • spotipy (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 2.22.1 Fixed in 2.22.1 Patch available GHSA-q764-g6fm-555v

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:spotipy_project:spotipy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 2.22.1VulnerableSpotipy Project
  • cpe:2.3:a:spotipy_project:spotipy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.22.1 Vulnerable ·Spotipy Project

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA spotipy (spotipy-dev) Fixed in 2.22.1
  • Fix · GHSA-q764-g6fm-555v spotipy (PyPI) Fixed in 2.22.1 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-23608
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q764-g6fm-555v
  3. 2026-10-09 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 1

Other 1

  • TI-2025-30321 Spotipy repo vulnerable to secrets exfiltration via `pull_request_target` CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2025-40566 Spotipy has a XSS vulnerability in OAuth callback server CVSS 3.1LOW 3.6

Sources

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