CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-40525
9.1 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2026-04-17
- Last modified
- 2026-10-26
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 4.0 ([email protected])
- 9.1 CRITICAL — 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/E:X/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
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.1 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-636
Description
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, integrations, secrets, or data accessible to the bot.
Affected configurations
• volcengine openviking (< 0.3.9)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-636 Not Failing Securely weakness
References
- https://github.com/volcengine/OpenViking/commit/c7bb1676f4d037609f041bf39e4e2bd52e8f9820 Patch
- https://github.com/volcengine/OpenViking/pull/1447 Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/volcengine/OpenViking/releases/tag/v0.3.9 Release Notes
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openviking-authentication-bypass-via-vikingbot-openapi Third Party Advisory