Weaviate Static API Key client.go validateConfig authorization_CVE-2026-11500

2.3 / 10

LOW

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

Description

A vulnerability was identified in Weaviate up to 1.37.7. This vulnerability affects the function validateConfig of the file usecases/auth/authentication/apikey/client.go of the component Static API Key Handler. The manipulation of the argument StaticApiKey leads to authorization bypass. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. It is stated that the exploitability is difficult. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. Upgrading to version 1.38.0-rc.0 is able to resolve this issue. The identifier of the patch is 40f2cc32279f0f8a51016c3c6870a2c0c808e6c0. You should upgrade the affected component.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-11500

Source VulDB

Published Jun 8, 2026 at 09:00

Affected Product

Vendor n/a

Product Weaviate

Version 1.37.0

Affected Versions n/a Weaviate 1.37.0
n/a Weaviate 1.37.1
n/a Weaviate 1.37.2
n/a Weaviate 1.37.3
n/a Weaviate 1.37.4
n/a Weaviate 1.37.5
n/a Weaviate 1.37.6
n/a Weaviate 1.37.7

CWE Classification

CWE-639 CWE-285

References

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