CVE-2025-48491 json
Project AI API Key Exposure in Source Code
published 2025-05-30 17 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-16445
- cvss
- 2.7
- version 4.0, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.6%
- EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 48%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Project AI is a platform designed to create AI agents. Prior to the pre-beta version, a hardcoded API key was present in the source code. This issue has been patched in the pre-beta version.
Patch / fix
- github.com/aryan6673/project-ai@142252c commit
- github.com/aryan6673/project-ai@1de910f commit
- github.com/aryan6673/project-ai@54a69c3 commit
- github.com/aryan6673/project-ai@7f3b93f commit
- github.com/aryan6673/project-ai@8db90e3 commit
- github.com/aryan6673/project-ai@99e0e07 commit
- github.com/aryan6673/project-ai@ab67979 commit
- github.com/aryan6673/project-ai@c1fb156 commit
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 17 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 4.0 | 2.7 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U |
| CNA | 4.0 | 2.7 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/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 |
Affected products
- aryan6673 project-ai
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials
References
- github.com /aryan6673/project-ai/commit/142252c43f1dacb3fed99e3336f5cd863b028bc2
- github.com /aryan6673/project-ai/commit/1de910f353eb2a68c980149b906e7495459296ad
- github.com /aryan6673/project-ai/commit/54a69c3ccd301d35f3d54f4844d9910e609beb73
- github.com /aryan6673/project-ai/commit/7f3b93f9aa9085d5413b4019172b0e56676346d7
- github.com /aryan6673/project-ai/commit/8db90e3d9777850741804533ebde5824b4a5795c
- github.com /aryan6673/project-ai/commit/99e0e0718edb0e59c5d3c5a69903b87c69fcfe7a
- github.com /aryan6673/project-ai/commit/ab67979a46b0e343dc20a95a2b65d3c4994c31e7
- github.com /aryan6673/project-ai/commit/c1fb156418d98a1e6c60bb680db57e9558785093
- github.com /aryan6673/project-ai/security/advisories/GHSA-8486-vrcp-69rv
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-48491
- NVD CVE-2025-48491
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