{"id":"PYSEC-2026-438","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","GHSA-jgq2-vq69-gr6h"],"modified":"2026-07-01T20:22:59.524333Z","published":"2026-06-29T11:50:48.313799Z","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"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://pypi.org/project/openviking"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jgq2-vq69-gr6h"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"openviking","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/openviking"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.3.9"}]}],"versions":["0.1.17","0.1.18","0.2.1","0.2.10","0.2.10.dev45","0.2.10.dev50","0.2.11","0.2.12","0.2.12.dev1","0.2.13","0.2.13.dev2","0.2.13.dev4","0.2.14.dev4","0.2.15","0.2.16.dev9","0.2.3","0.2.5","0.2.6","0.3.1","0.3.2","0.3.3","0.3.4","0.3.4.dev44","0.3.5","0.3.6","0.3.6.dev42","0.3.6.dev45","0.3.6.dev46","0.3.6.dev49","0.3.6.dev79","0.3.8"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/blob/main/vulns/openviking/PYSEC-2026-438.yaml"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","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"}]}