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TI-2025-34235 Aliases CVE-2025-54430

dedupe is vulnerable to secret exfiltration via `issue_comment`

Priority HIGH 78CWE-78Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-78.

Summary

dedupe is a python library that uses machine learning to perform fuzzy matching, deduplication and entity resolution quickly on structured data. Before commit 3f61e79, a critical severity vulnerability has been identified within the .github/workflows/benchmark-bot.yml workflow, where a issue_comment can be triggered using the @benchmark body. This workflow is susceptible to exploitation as it checkout the ${{ github.event.issue.number }}, which correspond to the branch of the PR manipulated by potentially malicious actors, and where untrusted code may be executed. Running untrusted code may lead to the exfiltration of GITHUB_TOKEN, which in this workflow has write permissions on most of the scopes - in particular the contents one - and could lead to potential repository takeover. This is fixed by commit 3f61e79.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00394 33rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed dedupe (dedupeio): 3f61e79102910bd355e920a2df7e44c14c9cb247

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
Yes
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
dedupeiodedupebefore 3f61e79102910bd355e920a2df7e44c14c9cb2473f61e79102910bd355e920a2df7e44c14c9cb247Patch availableCNA
  • dedupe Vendordedupeio Affected before 3f61e79102910bd355e920a2df7e44c14c9cb247 Fixed in 3f61e79102910bd355e920a2df7e44c14c9cb247 Patch available CNA

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA dedupe (dedupeio) Fixed in 3f61e79102910bd355e920a2df7e44c14c9cb247

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-54430

References

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