CVE-2026-11500: Weaviate Static API Key client.go validateConfig authorization
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.
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C · CWE-285, CWE-639
Tracked companies
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Status incidents that name it
No tracked status incident names this CVE.
Affected vendors and products
Weaviate
References
- CVE record on cve.org (opens in new tab)
- NVD entry (opens in new tab)
- github.com/weaviate/weaviate/ (opens in new tab)
- github.com/weaviate/weaviate/commit/40f2cc32279f0f8a51016c3c6870a2c0c808e6c0 (opens in new tab)
- github.com/weaviate/weaviate/issues/11392 (opens in new tab)
- github.com/weaviate/weaviate/releases/tag/v1.38.0-rc.0 (opens in new tab)
- vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-11500 (opens in new tab)
- vuldb.com/submit/835080 (opens in new tab)
- vuldb.com/vuln/369120 (opens in new tab)
- vuldb.com/vuln/369120/cti (opens in new tab)
- CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (opens in new tab)
- This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (opens in new tab)
- Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (opens in new tab)
- EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (opens in new tab)