| Component | Weaviate |
| Severity | medium (CVSS 5) |
| CVSS vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| Published (NVD) | 2026-06-08 |
| Last modified | 2026-07-23 |
| Affected versions | <= 1.37.7 read from the advisory text: NVD has not published CPE data yet |
| Fixed in | see the vendor advisory |
| Weakness | CWE-285CWE-639 |
| CISA KEV | not listed |
NVD 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.
What to do
- NVD lists no fixed version yet: follow the vendor advisory below and keep Weaviate off the public internet until a fix ships.
- Do not expose the component's API or UI to the internet without authentication in front of it.
Sources
- NVD: CVE-2026-11500
- https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/
- https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/commit/40f2cc32279f0f8a51016c3c6870a2c0c808e6c0
- https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/issues/11392
- https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/releases/tag/v1.38.0-rc.0
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-11500
- https://vuldb.com/submit/835080
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/369120
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/369120/cti
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