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CVE-2025-27154
Vulnerability in spotipy (CVE-2025-27154)
Summary
vulnerability in spotipy (CVE-2025-27154). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Exploitable via ``CacheHandler``. Mitigation: upgrade to `2.25.1` or later.
AI summary snake-internal / snake-material-v2
A vulnerability tracked as **CVE-2025-27154** has been found in spotipy.
Attackers can target a specific entry point like ``CacheHandler`` over the network to misuse the product.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: ?/10.
What to do: upgrade spotipy to **2.25.1** or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "spotipy CVE-2025-27154" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2025-27154 (spotipy) — CWE-276 /
Attack surface: `CacheHandler`
Patched: `2.25.1` — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
❓ What is the problem
**A vulnerability** (CWE-276) exists in spotipy. Attackers reach the vulnerable code path via ``CacheHandler`` without authentication.
📍 Affected scope
spotipy — . Attack surface: `CacheHandler`.
🔥 Severity
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure
🔧 How to fix
Update to **2.25.1**.
🛡️ Workaround
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
🔍 Detection
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run `grep -r 'spotipy' .` against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response Actions (7 steps)
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'spotipy' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で `spotipy` を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
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6Apply patch patch
Upgrade spotipy to 2.25.1ステージング環境で 2.25.1 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスと、Step 3 で見つけた異常検知の続報チェックを含めること。
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7Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番では Step 3 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
PyPI
spotipy
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.25.1"}]}]
References
- advisory https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-27154
- advisory https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pwhh-q4h6-w599
- package https://github.com/spotipy-dev/spotipy
- package https://pypi.org/project/spotipy
- web https://github.com/spotipy-dev/spotipy/security/advisories/GHSA-pwhh-q4h6-w599
- web https://github.com/spotipy-dev/spotipy/commit/1ca453f6ef87a2a9e9876f52b6cb38d13532ccf2
- web https://github.com/spotipy-dev/spotipy/blob/master/spotipy/cache_handler.py#L93-L98
- web https://github.com/spotipy-dev/spotipy/releases/tag/2.25.1