CVE-2026-11500A vulnerability was identified in Weaviate up to 1.37.7.
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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.
- CVSS
- 5.0 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-285, CWE-639
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Jul 23, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
No affected products are listed yet.
References
- 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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