CVE-2026-11500
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.
CVSS Details
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/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X Threat Intelligence
Weaknesses 2
References 8
- github.com https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/
- github.com https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/commit/40f2cc32279f0f8a51016c3c6870a2c0c808e6c0
- github.com https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/issues/11392
- github.com https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/releases/tag/v1.38.0-rc.0
- vuldb.com https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-11500
- vuldb.com https://vuldb.com/submit/835080
- vuldb.com https://vuldb.com/vuln/369120
- vuldb.com https://vuldb.com/vuln/369120/cti
Remediation
No remediation data recorded yet
Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.