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Critical · 9.1 Public exploit CVE-2025-52467 EUVD-2025-18904

pgai secrets exfiltration via `pull_request_target`

Published Jun 19, 2025 · Updated Jun 23, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Vendor: timescale Product: pgai

Description

pgai is a Python library that transforms PostgreSQL into a retrieval engine for RAG and Agentic applications. Prior to commit 8eb3567, the pgai repository was vulnerable to an attack allowing the exfiltration of all secrets used in one workflow. In particular, the GITHUB_TOKEN with write permissions for the repository, allowing an attacker to tamper with all aspects of the repository, including pushing arbitrary code and releases. This issue has been patched in commit 8eb3567.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
timescale pgai < 8eb356729c33560ce54b88b9a956960ad1e3ede8 —

Public exploits

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GitHub 1 repository

  • pvharmo2/gha-lab-e8902eccd3 ★ 0 · Sep 4, 2026

    Security research lab: reproduction of CVE-2025-52467 (pgai pull_request_target workflow code execution / GITHUB_TOKEN exfiltration) — snapshot of timescale/pgai

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