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CVE-2020-5262
GitHub personal access token leaking into temporary EasyBuild (debug) logs
High7.7EPSS 0.55%
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- Updated
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- GitHub_M
Description
In EasyBuild before version 4.1.2, the GitHub Personal Access Token (PAT) used by EasyBuild for the GitHub integration features (like `--new-pr`, `--fro,-pr`, etc.) is shown in plain text in EasyBuild debug log files. This issue is fixed in EasyBuild v4.1.2, and in the `master`+ `develop` branches of the `easybuild-framework` repository.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.55% · top 54% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.7.
Weakness
Affected products
easybuilders · easybuild-framework
- affected < 4.1.2
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIeasybuild-frameworkGHSA-2wx6-wc87-rmjm (opens in a new tab)
References (3)
- https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild-framework/security/advisories/GHSA-2wx6-wc87-rmjm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild-framework/pull/3248 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild-framework/pull/3249 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-2wx6-wc87-rmjm (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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