{"id":64294,"date":"2025-08-24T19:17:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T19:17:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-08T02:33:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T08:33:30","slug":"cve-2025-55165-autocaliweb-s-api-key-exposure-through-debug-pack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-55165-autocaliweb-s-api-key-exposure-through-debug-pack\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-55165: Autocaliweb&#8217;s API Key Exposure Through Debug Pack<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The cybersecurity community has identified a new vulnerability, CVE-2025-55165, within the Autocaliweb web application. This vulnerability presents significant risks to users, as it can lead to inadvertent exposure of sensitive information, particularly API keys. Autocaliweb, a popular platform for browsing, reading, and downloading eBooks, has a wide user base. This means that a large number of users could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-40741-stack-based-overflow-vulnerability-in-solid-edge-se2025-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"75881\">potentially be affected by this vulnerability<\/a>, underscoring the importance of addressing this issue promptly.<br \/>\nThe exploitation of this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-33075-a-critical-windows-installer-vulnerability-that-leads-to-privilege-elevation\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"72433\">vulnerability could lead<\/a> to serious security breaches, including system compromise or data leakage. The severity of the situation is further emphasized by its high CVSS severity score of 8.2. Therefore, it&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-44955-critical-vulnerability-in-ruckus-network-director-allows-jail-users-to-gain-root-access\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"76112\">critical for all users<\/a> to apply the necessary patch or mitigation measures as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-55165<br \/>\nSeverity: High (CVSS: 8.2)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: System compromise or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-53495-unauthorized-access-data-leakage-in-wikimedia-foundation-mediawiki-abusefilter-extension\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"72598\">data leakage<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2454820042\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>Autocaliweb | Prior to 0.8.3<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8028-critical-vulnerability-in-firefox-and-thunderbird-due-to-incorrect-computation-of-branch-address\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"73854\">vulnerability arises due<\/a> to the way the debug pack is generated by Autocaliweb. The to_dict() method, which is used to serialize the configuration for the debug pack, fails to adequately filter out sensitive fields, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-55190-argo-cd-api-tokens-expose-sensitive-repository-credentials\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"87004\">API tokens<\/a>. As a result, when users share these debug packs, they could inadvertently be sharing their private <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-55306-critical-api-key-and-authentication-token-exposure-in-genx-fx-trading-platform\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"81357\">API keys<\/a>. This could lead to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-53499-critical-unauthorized-access-vulnerability-in-wikimedia-foundation-mediawiki-abusefilter-extension\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"72872\">unauthorized access<\/a> to their accounts or misuse of their API keys.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-4215454521\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>The following pseudocode illustrates the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-7457-macos-authorization-model-exploit-leading-to-potential-mitm-attacks\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"79979\">potential exploit<\/a>:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">def to_dict():\n# Gathering configuration data\nconfig_data = gather_config_data()\n# Insecure serialization of configuration data\ndebug_pack = serialize_config_data(config_data)\n# Sharing debug pack with sensitive data\nshare_debug_pack(debug_pack)\n# User unknowingly calls the function, exposing their API keys\nto_dict()<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this pseudocode, the serialize_config_data function is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-54419-critical-vulnerability-in-node-saml-library\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"71735\">critical point where the vulnerability<\/a> arises. This function doesn&#8217;t properly filter out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-55443-android-telpo-mdm-exposes-sensitive-data-in-plaintext\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"89322\">sensitive data<\/a>, thus including API keys in the serialized debug pack. When the debug pack is shared through the share_debug_pack function, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-3499-unauthenticated-rest-apis-expose-system-to-os-command-injection-attacks\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"77653\">API keys are inadvertently exposed<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The cybersecurity community has identified a new vulnerability, CVE-2025-55165, within the Autocaliweb web application. This vulnerability presents significant risks to users, as it can lead to inadvertent exposure of sensitive information, particularly API keys. Autocaliweb, a popular platform for browsing, reading, and downloading eBooks, has a wide user base. This means that a large [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[],"product":[],"attack_vector":[],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-64294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64294"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82158,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64294\/revisions\/82158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64294"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=64294"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=64294"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=64294"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=64294"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=64294"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=64294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}