CVE-2023-48055
Published: 16 November 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-48055 is a high-severity Use of Hard-coded Credentials (CWE-798) vulnerability in Superagi Superagi. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Steal Application Access Token (T1528); ranked at the 38.6th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
This vulnerability is AI-related — categorised as AI Agent Protocols and Integrations; in the Privacy and Disclosure risk domain.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-52141
Vulnerability details
SuperAGI v0.0.13 was discovered to use a hardcoded key for encryption operations. This vulnerability can lead to the disclosure of information and communications.
- CWE(s)
AI Security AnalysisAI
- AI Category
- AI Agent Protocols and Integrations
- Risk Domain
- Privacy and Disclosure
- OWASP Top 10 for LLMs 2025
- None mapped
- Classification Reason
- SuperAGI is explicitly described as a 'dev-first open source autonomous AI agent framework', which directly matches the 'AI Agent Protocols and Integrations' category as it involves building and integrating autonomous AI agents.
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Hardcoded encryption key enables decryption of sensitive data like API keys in config files, facilitating theft of application access tokens and unsecured credentials in files.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Enables users to notice when hard-coded credentials have been exploited for unauthorized access.
Security training explicitly warns against hard-coded credentials, lowering their use in systems.
Policy and procedures prohibit hard-coded credentials in favor of managed authentication.
External identity providers eliminate the need for hard-coded credentials in applications.
Changing default authenticators prior to first use and protecting content prevents use of hard-coded credentials.
Central credential stores and rotation policies remove the need for hard-coded credentials in configuration files or code.
Intelligence programs surface reports of campaigns that abuse hard-coded credentials in products, prompting removal or replacement and thereby reducing successful exploitation.
Planned investment enables secure credential storage and management systems instead of hard-coded credentials.