CVE-2025-25204: Github.com/cli/cli/v2 `gh Attestation Verify` Returns Incorrect Vulnerability
MODERATECVE-2025-25204 is a MODERATE (CVSS 6.3) `gh attestation verify` returns incorrect vulnerability (CWE-390: Detection of Error Condition Without Action) affecting Github.com/cli/cli/v2 libraries in the Go ecosystem. The issue involves `gh attestation verify` returns incorrect exit code during verification if no attestations are present. Remediation is available by upgrading affected packages to version 2.67.0.
CVE-2025-25204 at a Glance
Security Impact
CVSS: 6.3
The security impact metrics below are parsed directly from the CVSS v3.1 vector string (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N).
How to Fix CVE-2025-25204
To remediate this vulnerability, upgrade all affected Github.com/cli/cli/v2 dependencies to a patched release. Both direct and transitive dependencies should be checked, as frameworks or security libraries may pull in vulnerable versions transitively.
Upgrade github.com/cli/cli/v2 to 2.67.0
Run the following command in your project directory to verify that all resolved dependencies use the patched release:
inspect dependencies for github.com/cli/cli/v2
How to Check if You Are Affected
To determine whether your application is affected by CVE-2025-25204, inspect your project dependencies for Github.com/cli/cli/v2:
inspect dependencies for github.com/cli/cli/v2
Analyze the terminal output to locate any version of Github.com/cli/cli/v2 in your dependency tree. If any resolved version matches the vulnerable ranges listed in the table below (for example, versions earlier than 2.67.0), your application is affected.
Note: Verify declared build manifests and deployed runtime container environments.
Technical Details
Vulnerability Mechanism & Technical Analysis
This vulnerability is classified under CWE-390: Detection of Error Condition Without Action, where the product detects a specific error, but takes no actions to handle the error. In Github.com/cli/cli/v2, software state validation or input boundaries are circumvented during processing. Review the official source advisory statement below for specific affected components, classes, and reproduction details.
Source Advisory Statement
CVE-2025-25204 Affected Github.com/cli/cli/v2 Versions
1 component(s)| Product / Package | Ecosystem | Affected Versions | Fixed Version |
|---|---|---|---|
|
github.com/cli/cli/v2
|
Go |
≥ 2.49.0
< 2.67.0
|
2.67.0
|
References
Frequently Asked Questions
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Machine-readable OSV JSON
OSV v1.5 Schema
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"schema_version" : "1.4.0",
"id" : "GHSA-fgw4-v983-mgp8",
"modified" : "2025-02-14T18:40:04Z",
"published" : "2025-02-14T17:19:14Z",
"aliases" : [ "CVE-2025-25204" ],
"summary" : "`gh attestation verify` returns incorrect exit code during verification if no attestations are present",
"details" : "### Summary\n\nA bug in GitHub's Artifact Attestation CLI tool, `gh attestation verify`, may return an incorrect zero exit status when no matching attestations are found for the specified `--predicate-type <value>` or the default `https://slsa.dev/provenance/v1` if not specified. This issue only arises if an artifact has an attestation with a predicate type different from the one provided in the command. As a result, users relying solely on these exit codes may mistakenly believe the attestation has been verified, despite the absence of an attestation with the specified predicate type and the tool printing a verification failure.\n\nUsers are advised to update `gh` to version `v2.67.0` as soon as possible.\n\nInitial report: https://github.com/cli/cli/issues/10418\nFix: https://github.com/cli/cli/pull/10421\n\n### Details\n\nThe gh attestation verify command fetches, loads, and attempts to verify attestations associated with a given artifact for a specified predicate type. If an attestation is found, but the predicate type does not match the one specified in the `gh attestation verify` command, the verification fails, but the program exits early.\n\nDue to a re-used uninitialized error variable, when no matching attestations are found, the relevant function returns `nil` instead of an error, causing the program to exit with a status code of `0`, which incorrectly suggests successful verification.\n\n### PoC\n\nRun `gh attestation verify` with local attestations using the `--bundle` flag and specify a predicate type with `--predicate-type` that you know will not match any of the attestations the command will attempt to verify. Confirm that the command exits with a zero status code.\n\n### Impact\n\nUsers who rely exclusively on the exit status code of `gh attestation verify` may incorrectly verify an attestation when the attestation's predicate type does not match the specified predicate type in the command.",
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