spotipy — security advisory

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  "id": "15522723cb393bf82555e4d6fe82249163c21817af285455d4bb44b5b23d100d",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-66040",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "UBUNTU-CVE-2025-66040",
    "summary": "Spotipy is a Python library for the Spotify Web API. Prior to version 2.25.2, there is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the OAuth callback server that allows for JavaScript injection through the unsanitized error parameter. Attackers can execute arbitrary JavaScript in the user's browser during OAuth authentication. This issue has been patched in version 2.25.2.",
    "evidence": "osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2025-66040",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "spotipy",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [],
        "affected_versions": [
          {
            "value": "2.25.1-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "spotipy",
          "evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [],
        "affected_versions": [
          {
            "value": "2.25.2-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "2.26.0-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/versions"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "spotipy",
          "evidence": "/affected/2/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [],
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          {
            "value": "2.25.1-1",
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          },
          {
            "value": "2.25.2-1",
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          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "severity": "low",
    "structured": {
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      "aliases": [
        "UBUNTU-CVE-2025-66040"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        },
        {
          "type": "Ubuntu",
          "score": "medium"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
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          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "spotipy",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/spotipy?arch=source&distro=questing",
            "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:25.10"
          },
          "versions": [
            "2.25.1-1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "binaries": [
              {
                "binary_name": "python3-spotipy",
                "binary_version": "2.25.1-1"
              }
            ]
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
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                {
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          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "spotipy",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/spotipy?arch=source&distro=stonking",
            "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:26.10"
          },
          "versions": [
            "2.25.2-1",
            "2.26.0-1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "binaries": [
              {
                "binary_name": "python3-spotipy",
                "binary_version": "2.26.0-1"
              }
            ]
          }
        },
        {
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              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
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                {
                  "introduced": "0"
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              ]
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          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "spotipy",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/spotipy?arch=source&distro=resolute",
            "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:26.04:LTS"
          },
          "versions": [
            "2.25.1-1",
            "2.25.2-1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "binaries": [
              {
                "binary_name": "python3-spotipy",
                "binary_version": "2.25.2-1"
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-17T12:57:29.393556736Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2025-66040"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-66040",
        "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-66040",
        "https://github.com/spotipy-dev/spotipy/security/advisories/GHSA-r77h-rpp9-w2xm",
        "https://github.com/spotipy-dev/spotipy/commit/880b92d7243dcf2b83bf31dc365a858d8b5e6767"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2025-66040",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 357602,
  "published_at": "2025-11-27T00:15:00+00:00"
}