{"id":"GHSA-jgq2-vq69-gr6h","summary":"OpenViking: Unauthenticated remote bot control via OpenAPI HTTP routes","details":"OpenViking prior to commit c7bb167 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.","aliases":["CVE-2026-40525","PYSEC-2026-438"],"modified":"2026-09-10T03:51:02.331399715Z","published":"2026-04-17T21:31:46Z","database_specific":{"cwe_ids":["CWE-636"],"severity":"CRITICAL","github_reviewed":true,"github_reviewed_at":"2026-04-24T20:49:51Z","nvd_published_at":"2026-04-17T19:16:39Z"},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40525"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/volcengine/OpenViking/pull/1447"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/volcengine/OpenViking/commit/c7bb1676f4d037609f041bf39e4e2bd52e8f9820"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/volcengine/OpenViking"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/volcengine/OpenViking/releases/tag/v0.3.9"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openviking-authentication-bypass-via-vikingbot-openapi"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"openviking","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/openviking"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.3.9"}]}],"versions":["0.2.10.dev45","0.2.10.dev50","0.2.11","0.2.12","0.2.12.dev1","0.2.13","0.2.15","0.3.1","0.3.2","0.3.3","0.3.4","0.3.5","0.3.6","0.3.8"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/04/GHSA-jgq2-vq69-gr6h/GHSA-jgq2-vq69-gr6h.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N"},{"type":"CVSS_V4","score":"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"}]}