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TI-2025-35689 Aliases CVE-2025-57806

Local Deep Research's API keys are stored in plain text

Priority LOW 29CWE-312Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-312.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00073 0th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed local-deep-research (LearningCircuit): 1.0.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
LearningCircuitlocal-deep-research0.2.0 to before 1.0.01.0.0Patch availableCNA
  • local-deep-research VendorLearningCircuit Affected 0.2.0 to before 1.0.0 Fixed in 1.0.0 Patch available CNA

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA local-deep-research (LearningCircuit) Fixed in 1.0.0

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-57806

References

Other 3

  • TI-2025-41439 Local Deep Research is Vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in Download Service CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2026-34213 Local Deep Research: SSRF bypass in `safe_get` CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2026-32023 Local Deep Research: HTML Injection via Unescaped User Input in PDF Export (`pdf_service.py:_markdown_to_html`) CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.0

Sources

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