CVE-2026-82640
browser-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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
6.8
browser-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.
- Record
CVE-2026-82640- CVSS 4.0
- 6.8 Medium
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 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-312
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-68216
6.8
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.
- Record
EUVD-2026-68216- CVSS 4.0
- 6.8 Medium
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 - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jrjf-ww9v-c67g
6.8
browser-use web-ui versions 2.0.0 through 3.0.0 write configured LLM API keys to disk in...
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.
- Record
GHSA-jrjf-ww9v-c67g- CVSS 4.0
- 6.8 Medium
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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-312
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
6.8
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.
- Record
CVE-2026-82640- CVSS 4.0
- 6.8 Medium
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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-312
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
6.8
browser-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.
- Record
CVE-2026-82640- CVSS 4.0
- 6.8 Medium
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 - Weakness
- CWE-312
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-82640 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Browser-use Web-ui, published August 30, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.07%, the 0th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
github.com/browser-use/web-ui/issues/736
github.com/browser-use/web-ui
github.com/browser-use/web-ui/blob/v3.0.0/src/webui/webui_manager.py
vulncheck.com/advisories/browser-use-web-ui-2.0.0-through-3.0.0-cleartext-api-key-storage
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-82640
github.com/advisories/GHSA-jrjf-ww9v-c67g
github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/82xxx/CVE-2026-82640.json