CVE-2026-22207
criticalpriority · track · 0OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.005 · 42 %ileEUEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
OpenViking through version 0.1.18, prior to commit 0251c70, contains a broken access control vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to gain ROOT privileges when the root_api_key configuration is omitted. Attackers can send requests to protected endpoints without authentication headers to access administrative functions including account management, resource operations, and system configuration.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 8.1–9.8
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affected products (1)
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references (13)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2026-22207cnnvd
- https://github.com/volcengine/OpenViking/issues/302cnnvd
- https://github.com/volcengine/OpenViking/pull/310/changes/0251c7045b3f8092c4d2e1565115b1ba23db282fcnnvd
- https://github.com/volcengine/OpenViking/releasesPatchcnnvd
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openviking-missing-root-api-key-allows-anonymous-root-accesscnnvd
- https://github.com/volcengine/OpenViking/commit/0251c7045b3f8092c4d2e1565115b1ba23db282fenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/volcengine/OpenViking/issues/302enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/volcengine/OpenViking/pull/310enisa_euvd
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