Spotipy is a lightweight Python library for the Spotify Web API. The `CacheHandler` class creates a cache file to store the auth token. Prior to version 2.25.1, the file created has `rw-r--r--` (644) permissions by default, when it could be locked down to `rw-------` (600) permissions. This leads to overly broad exposure of the spotify auth token. If this token can be read by an attacker (another user on the machine, or a process running as another user), it can be used to perform administrative actions on the Spotify account, depending on the scope granted to the token. Version 2.25.1 tightens the cache file permissions.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Spotipy is a lightweight Python library for the Spotify Web API. The `CacheHandler` class creates a cache     file to store the auth token. Prior to version 2.25.1, the file created has `rw-r--r--` (644) permissions     by default, when it could be locked down to `rw-------` (600) permissions. This leads to overly broad     exposure of the spotify auth token. If this token can be read by an attacker (another user on the machine,     or a process running as another user), it can be used to perform administrative actions on the Spotify     account, depending on the scope granted to the token. Version 2.25.1 tightens the cache file permissions.
    (CVE-2025-27154)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote Fedora 41 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-fba1b24e4b advisory.

    update to version 2.25.1, CVE-2025-27154

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 40 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-2215919645 advisory.

    update to version 2.25.1, CVE-2025-27154

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of FreeBSD installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the 475d1968-f99d-11ef-b382-b0416f0c4c67 advisory.

    security-advisories@github.com reports:
    Spotipy is a lightweight Python library for the Spotify Web API.
            The `CacheHandler` class creates a cache file to store the auth             token.  Prior to version 2.25.1, the file created has `rw-r--r--`             (644) permissions by default, when it could be locked down to             `rw-------` (600) permissions.  This leads to overly broad exposure             of the spotify auth token.  If this token can be read by an attacker             (another user on the machine, or a process running as another user),             it can be used to perform administrative actions on the Spotify             account, depending on the scope granted to the token.  Version             2.25.1 tightens the cache file permissions.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the FreeBSD security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - Spotipy is a lightweight Python library for the Spotify Web API. The `CacheHandler` class creates a cache
    file to store the auth token. Prior to version 2.25.1, the file created has `rw-r--r--` (644) permissions
    by default, when it could be locked down to `rw-------` (600) permissions. This leads to overly broad
    exposure of the spotify auth token. If this token can be read by an attacker (another user on the machine,
    or a process running as another user), it can be used to perform administrative actions on the Spotify
    account, depending on the scope granted to the token. Version 2.25.1 tightens the cache file permissions.
    (CVE-2025-27154)

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
246109	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-27154	Nessus	Misc.	critical
232525	Fedora 41 : python-spotipy (2025-fba1b24e4b)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
232523	Fedora 40 : python-spotipy (2025-2215919645)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
232203	FreeBSD : Spotipy -- Spotipy's cache file, containing spotify auth token, is created with overly broad permissions (475d1968-f99d-11ef-b382-b0416f0c4c67)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	high
421013	SCA: security update for spotipy (GHSA-pwhh-q4h6-w599)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	high
421013	SCA: security update for spotipy (GHSA-pwhh-q4h6-w599)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	high

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