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.
Published: 2026-08-30
Score: 6.8 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Sun, 30 Aug 2026 13:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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
First Time appeared Browser-use
Browser-use browser Use
Weaknesses CWE-312
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:browser-use:browser_use:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Browser-use
Browser-use browser Use
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.8, 'vector': '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'}

Subscriptions

Browser-use Browser Use
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-30T13:23:39.806Z

Reserved: 2026-08-30T13:06:07.154Z

Link: CVE-2026-82640

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-312

    Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information