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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| browser-use | web-ui | 2.0.0 – ≤ 3.0.0 | — |
References
- GitHub Issue #736 issue-tracking
- https://github.com/browser-use/web-ui product
- https://github.com/browser-use/web-ui/blob/v3.0.0/src/webui/webui_manager.py technical-description
- VulnCheck Advisory: browser-use web-ui 2.0.0 through 3.0.0 Cleartext API Key Storage third-party-advisory