browser-use web-ui 2.0.0 through 3.0.0 Cleartext API Key Storage
Historical advisory recorded 23 Oct 2026 15:48:27 UTC. Read the latest advisory.
cve-program · CVE-2026-82640
Publishedbrowser-use web-ui versions 2.0.0 through 3.0.0 write configured LLM API keys to disk in cleartext without encryption or access restrictions. Attackers with read access to the temporary settings directory can recover provider API keys from predictably-named JSON files.
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cve-program · CVE-2026-82640
Publishedbrowser-use web-ui 2.0.0 through 3.0.0 Cleartext API Key Storage
browser-use web-ui versions 2.0.0 through 3.0.0 write configured LLM API keys to disk in cleartext without encryption or access restrictions. Attackers with read access to the temporary settings directory can recover provider API keys from predictably-named JSON files.
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- 30 Aug 2026 13:23:39 UTC
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- 24 Sep 2026 14:20:35 UTC
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- 23 Oct 2026 15:48:27 UTC
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CVSS 4.0 · 6.8 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N