CVE-2025-57806 Local Deep Research's API keys are stored in plain text
Attackers with filesystem access can read plaintext API keys from the local database, exposing sensitive credentials to unauthorized users.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-57806?
CVE-2025-57806 is a medium-severity vulnerability in LearningCircuit local-deep-research, published on 3 Sep 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Local Deep Research is an AI-powered research assistant for deep, iterative research. Versions 0.2.0 through 0.6.7 stored confidential information, including API keys, in a local SQLite database without encryption. This behavior was not clearly documented outside of the database architecture page. Users were not given the ability to configure the database location, allowing anyone with access to the container or host filesystem to retrieve sensitive data in plaintext by accessing the .db file. This is fixed in version 1.0.0.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-57806?
How do I fix CVE-2025-57806?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-57806 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-57806 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-57806 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4h8c-qrcq-cv5c.