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CVE-2026-40525

OpenViking prior to version 0.3.9 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the VikingBot OpenAPI HTTP route surface where the authentication check fails open when the api_key configuration value is unset or empty. Remote attackers with network access to the exposed service can invoke privileged bot-control functionality without providing a valid X-API-Key header, including submitting attacker-controlled prompts, creating or using bot sessions, and accessing downstream tools, integratio
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:022914cc1520b92701a1b160d202ae17c836fcfbb333ec3840ae9105d85885ff
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
1

Preserved source conflicts

No provider value was silently selected as the winner.

cvss · 2 assertions

{"metric":{"Automatable":"NOT_DEFINED","Recovery":"NOT_DEFINED","Safety":"NOT_DEFINED","attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"PRESENT","attackVector":"NETWORK","baseScore":9.1,"baseSeverity":"CRITICAL","exploitMaturity":"NOT_DEFINED","privilegesRequired":"NONE","providerUrgency":"NOT_DEFINED","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","valueDensity":"NOT_DEFINED","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","vulnConfidentialityIm…

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:878285cd4fe4796c121e17d66f3ba868e7874cea73a52569321946d4c6c39897 · sha256:c5973158786ed922… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0

{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"NONE","baseScore":9.1,"baseSeverity":"CRITICAL","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:878285cd4fe4796c121e17d66f3ba868e7874cea73a52569321946d4c6c39897 · sha256:c5973158786ed922… · /containers/cna/metrics/1/cvssV3_1

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion
{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","packageURL":"pkg:github/volcengine/OpenViking","product":"OpenViking","repo":"https://github.com/volcengine/OpenViking","vendor":"volcengine","versions":[{"lessThan":"0.3.9","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"},{"status":"unaffected","version":"c7bb1676f4d037609f041bf39e4e2bd52e8f9820","versionType":"git"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:878285cd4fe4796c121e17d66f3ba868e7874cea73a52569321946d4c6c39897 · sha256:c5973158786ed922… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

2 source assertions
{"metric":{"Automatable":"NOT_DEFINED","Recovery":"NOT_DEFINED","Safety":"NOT_DEFINED","attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"PRESENT","attackVector":"NETWORK","baseScore":9.1,"baseSeverity":"CRITICAL","exploitMaturity":"NOT_DEFINED","privilegesRequired":"NONE","providerUrgency":"NOT_DEFINED","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","valueDensity":"NOT_DEFINED","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","vulnConfidentialityIm…
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:878285cd4fe4796c121e17d66f3ba868e7874cea73a52569321946d4c6c39897 · sha256:c5973158786ed922… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0
{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"NONE","baseScore":9.1,"baseSeverity":"CRITICAL","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:878285cd4fe4796c121e17d66f3ba868e7874cea73a52569321946d4c6c39897 · sha256:c5973158786ed922… · /containers/cna/metrics/1/cvssV3_1

CWE assertions

1 source assertion
{"cweId":"CWE-636","description":"CWE-636 Not Failing Securely ('Fail Open')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:878285cd4fe4796c121e17d66f3ba868e7874cea73a52569321946d4c6c39897 · sha256:c5973158786ed922… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

4 source assertions
{"tags":["patch"],"url":"https://github.com/volcengine/OpenViking/commit/c7bb1676f4d037609f041bf39e4e2bd52e8f9820"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:878285cd4fe4796c121e17d66f3ba868e7874cea73a52569321946d4c6c39897 · sha256:c5973158786ed922… · /containers/cna/references/2
{"tags":["issue-tracking"],"url":"https://github.com/volcengine/OpenViking/pull/1447"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:878285cd4fe4796c121e17d66f3ba868e7874cea73a52569321946d4c6c39897 · sha256:c5973158786ed922… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"tags":["release-notes"],"url":"https://github.com/volcengine/OpenViking/releases/tag/v0.3.9"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:878285cd4fe4796c121e17d66f3ba868e7874cea73a52569321946d4c6c39897 · sha256:c5973158786ed922… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"tags":["third-party-advisory"],"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openviking-authentication-bypass-via-vikingbot-openapi"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:878285cd4fe4796c121e17d66f3ba868e7874cea73a52569321946d4c6c39897 · sha256:c5973158786ed922… · /containers/cna/references/3

Attribution and limitations

  • CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

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