Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key Affecting browser-use package, versions [,0.1.41)
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- published1 Sept 2025
- disclosed1 May 2025
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 1 May 2025
CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-639 (opens in a new tab)Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) is a category system for software weaknesses
How to fix?
Upgrade browser-use to version 0.1.41 or higher.
Overview
browser-use is a Make websites accessible for AI agents
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key due to the default settings disable_security=True and --remote-debugging-address=0.0.0.0. A remote attacker can execute arbitrary commands or exfiltrate cross‑origin data via port 9222.