CVE-2026-11500

Aliases:GHSA-jqpm-wf57-qx5cGO-2026-6140
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 1
Deferred
Published: 08 Jun 2026, 09:00
Last modified:08 Jun 2026, 13:26

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100
CVSS Score
5 MEDIUM
v3.1 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
0.34% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

08 Jun 2026, 09:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
08 Jun 2026, 13:26
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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 Metrics

  • v4.0•LOW•Score: 2.3CVSS: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
  • v4.0•LOW•Score: 1.3CVSS: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
  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
  • v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.6AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.6AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.34%• Percentile: 27%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-285•Improper Authorization

    The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

  • CWE-639•Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

    The system's authorization functionality does not prevent one user from gaining access to another user's data or record by modifying the key value identifying the data.

Affected Systems

  • github.com/weaviate•weaviate

    < 1.38.0-rc.0

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