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gitlab.py exposes globally configured "gitlab" API key to on-premise GitLab instances, potentially threatening confidentiality of a gitlab.com API key

Moderate
TheTechromancer published GHSA-p3v4-c93g-cmhw Oct 9, 2025

Package

pip bbot (pip)

Affected versions

< 2.7.2

Patched versions

2.7.2

Description

Summary

bbot's gitlab.py sends the user's "gitlab" API key to on-premise GitLab instances.

If a user has configured a gitlab.com API key using this mechanism, it may be leaked to an attacker-controlled server.

Impact

A user with a "gitlab" API key configured who uses bbot to scan a malicious webserver may leak their gitlab.com API key to an untrustworthy server.

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

CVE ID

CVE-2025-10282

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.

Credits