Description
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| dedupeio | dedupe | < 3f61e79102910bd355e920a2df7e44c14c9cb247 | — |
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
GitHub 1 repository
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pvharmo2/gha-lab-ba981941f0 ★ 0 · Sep 4, 2026
Security-research lab reproducing CVE-2025-54430 (GHSA-wrg3-xqw8-m85p): secrets exfiltration via issue_comment-triggered Benchmark Bot in dedupeio/dedupe. Snapshot of dedupeio/dedupe@54ecfe77d41390da…
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.