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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2026-11500 Detail

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.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
N/A
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Nist CVSS score does not match with CNA score
CNA:  VulDB
CVSS-BT 1.3 LOW
Vector:  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

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/ VulDB
https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/commit/40f2cc32279f0f8a51016c3c6870a2c0c808e6c0 VulDB
https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/issues/11392 VulDB
https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/releases/tag/v1.38.0-rc.0 VulDB
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-11500 VulDB
https://vuldb.com/submit/835080 VulDB
https://vuldb.com/vuln/369120 VulDB
https://vuldb.com/vuln/369120/cti VulDB

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-285 Improper Authorization VulDB  
CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key VulDB  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-11500
NVD Published Date:
06/08/2026
NVD Last Modified:
06/08/2026
Source:
VulDB