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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| Description | 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. | |
| Title | browser-use web-ui 2.0.0 through 3.0.0 Cleartext API Key Storage | |
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Browser-use
Browser-use browser Use |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-312 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:browser-use:browser_use:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Browser-use
Browser-use browser Use |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Published: 2026-08-30T13:23:39.806Z
Updated: 2026-08-31T18:52:36.951Z
Reserved: 2026-08-30T13:06:07.154Z
Link: CVE-2026-82640
Updated: 2026-08-31T16:23:19.732Z
Status : Received
Published: 2026-08-30T14:17:03.890
Modified: 2026-08-31T19:17:22.033
Link: CVE-2026-82640
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