---
id: "CVE-2026-112014"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-112014"]
title: "LobsterAI: hardcoded password lets attackers decrypt exported AI provider API keys"
severity: "medium"
cvss: 6.8
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "ai-tooling"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["ai-api-keys", "ai-tooling", "desktop-app", "lobsterai"]
not_affected_if: ["never-exports-providers", "version-2026.10.16-or-later"]
published_at: "2026-10-18T12:17:14+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T21:57:15+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-25T03:45:03+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-112014", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T21:57:15+00:00"}]
---

# LobsterAI: hardcoded password lets attackers decrypt exported AI provider API keys

LobsterAI before 2026.10.16 encrypts exported provider API keys with a constant password, 'lobsterai-APP', that is embedded in the software. An attacker who obtains an exported providers file can derive the decryption key and recover every stored third-party AI provider API key.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## How to check

- Check the installed LobsterAI version and whether it is earlier than `2026.10.16`
- Look for any exported providers file that was created by LobsterAI before the upgrade
- unknown whether the sources give a command to confirm the installed version

## Fix

- Upgrade LobsterAI to `2026.10.16` or later
- Rotate every third-party AI provider API key that was stored in LobsterAI or included in an exported providers file
- Delete old providers export files that were created before the upgrade

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T21:57:15+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-112014

## From the sources

LobsterAI before 2026.10.16 contains a hardcoded password vulnerability that allows attackers to decrypt exported provider API keys encrypted with the constant 'lobsterai-APP'. Attackers who obtain a providers export file can derive the AES-GCM key via PBKDF2 using the embedded salt and recover every third-party AI provider API key.

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_Free to read at a human pace. An API with keys and an MCP server are in preparation; early access: hello@infrastack.ai_