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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | Weaviate | 1.37.0, 1.37.1, 1.37.2, 1.37.3, 1.37.4, 1.37.5, 1.37.6, 1.37.7 | 1.38.0-rc.0 |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
SUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLES for SAP 16.0 | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20260827T195228-160000.1.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:23625-1 |
| SLES 16.0 | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20260827T195228-160000.1.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:23625-1 |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20260827T195228-160000.1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2026:21761-1 |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/weaviate/weaviate | < 1.38.0-rc.0 | 1.38.0-rc.0 | GHSA-jqpm-wf57-qx5c |
Advisories 2
- SUSE-SU-2026:23625-1 Security update for govulncheck-vulndb SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Sep 29, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2026:21761-1 Security update for govulncheck-vulndb SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Sep 9, 2026
References
- VDB-369120 | Weaviate Static API Key client.go validateConfig authorization vdb-entry technical-description
- VDB-369120 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA) signature permissions-required
- CVE-2026-11500 | CVE Analysis and Report third-party-advisory
- Submit #835080 | weaviate 20f14bed78eddac098f84aad97204c0d86ad0c34 Authorization Bypass third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/issues/11392 exploit issue-tracking
- https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/commit/40f2cc32279f0f8a51016c3c6870a2c0c808e6c0 patch
- https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/releases/tag/v1.38.0-rc.0 patch
- https://github.com/weaviate/weaviate/ product