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CVE-2025-59405: Cleartext DataDog API Key Vulnerability in Flock Safety Peripheral Application

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Overview

CVE-2025-59405 refers to a serious security vulnerability discovered in the Flock Safety Peripheral application for Android. This vulnerability can lead to potential system compromises or data leakage, affecting a range of devices including Falcon and Sparrow License Plate Readers and Bravo Edge AI Compute Devices.

Vulnerability Summary

CVE ID: CVE-2025-59405
Severity: High (7.5 CVSS Score)
Attack Vector: Local
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: None
Impact: Potential system compromise or data leakage

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Product | Affected Versions

Flock Safety Peripheral Application for Android | 7.38.3

How the Exploit Works

The Flock Safety Peripheral application contains a cleartext DataDog API key within its codebase. This poses a threat as application binaries can be easily decompiled or inspected, allowing potential attackers to recover the OAuth secret without requiring any special privileges. This OAuth secret is meant to remain confidential and should not be directly embedded within client-side software.

Conceptual Example Code

An attacker can use a tool to decompile the application binary and subsequently retrieve the cleartext DataDog API key. For example, using a Java decompiler:

$ jadx -d out com.flocksafety.android.peripheral.apk

Then, the attacker can search through the decompiled code to find the API key:

$ grep -r "DataDog API Key" out/

This is a conceptual example and the exact commands may vary depending on the specifics of the application and the decompiler used.

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Disclaimer:

The information and code presented in this article are provided for educational and defensive cybersecurity purposes only. Any conceptual or pseudocode examples are simplified representations intended to raise awareness and promote secure development and system configuration practices.

Do not use this information to attempt unauthorized access or exploit vulnerabilities on systems that you do not own or have explicit permission to test.

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