CVE-2026-40525 (GCVE-0-2026-40525)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-04-17 18:19
Modified
2026-04-21 13:34
Severity ?
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
9.1 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
9.1 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-636 - Not Failing Securely ('Fail Open')
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| volcengine | OpenViking |
Version: 0 ≤ |
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