Allstar Reviewbot has Authentication Bypass via Hard-coded Webhook Secret
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-798.
Summary
Allstar is a GitHub App to set and enforce security policies. In versions prior to 4.5, a vulnerability in Allstar’s Reviewbot component caused inbound webhook requests to be validated against a hard-coded, shared secret. The value used for the secret token was compiled into the Allstar binary and could not be configured at runtime. In practice, this meant that every deployment using Reviewbot would validate requests with the same secret unless the operator modified source code and rebuilt the component - an expectation that is not documented and is easy to miss. All Allstar releases prior to v4.5 that include the Reviewbot code path are affected. Deployments on v4.5 and later are not affected. Those who have not enabled or exposed the Reviewbot endpoint are not exposed to this issue.
Why it matters now
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ossf | allstar | before 0.0.0-20250721181116-e004ecb540d6 | 0.0.0-20250721181116-e004ecb540d6 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | github.com/ossf/allstar (Go) | before 0.0.0-20250721181116-e004ecb540d6 | 0.0.0-20250721181116-e004ecb540d6 | Patch available | GHSA-33f4-mjch-7fpr |
- allstar Vendorossf Affected before 0.0.0-20250721181116-e004ecb540d6 Fixed in 0.0.0-20250721181116-e004ecb540d6 Patch available CNA
- github.com/ossf/allstar (Go) Vendor— Affected before 0.0.0-20250721181116-e004ecb540d6 Fixed in 0.0.0-20250721181116-e004ecb540d6 Patch available GHSA-33f4-mjch-7fpr
Remediation
- Fix · CNA allstar (ossf) Fixed in 0.0.0-20250721181116-e004ecb540d6
- Fix · GHSA-33f4-mjch-7fpr github.com/ossf/allstar (Go) Fixed in 0.0.0-20250721181116-e004ecb540d6 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-61926
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-33f4-mjch-7fpr
References
Other 6
- https://github.com/ossf/allstar/security/advisories/GHSA-33f4-mjch-7fpr
- https://github.com/ossf/allstar/pull/713
- https://github.com/ossf/allstar/commit/e004ecb540d63ca6f5b1689b41af6c0040a82c73
- https://github.com/ossf/allstar/blob/294ae985cc2facd0918e8d820e4196021aa0b914/pkg/reviewbot/reviewbot.go#L59
- https://github.com/ossf/allstar
- https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2025-4018
Sources
- CVE-2025-61926 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-61926 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-33f4-mjch-7fpr · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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