CVE-2026-40525
critical
CVSS v3
9.1
CVSS v4 NEW
9.1
VIR risk
9.1
Description
OpenViking: Unauthenticated remote bot control via OpenAPI HTTP routes
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
94%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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โ Propose a mitigation on Community โ Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | openviking | <0.3.9 | 0.3.9 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| volcengine | openviking | {"endExcluding":"0.3.9"} | 0.3.9 |
References
- https://github.com/volcengine/OpenViking/commit/c7bb1676f4d037609f041bf39e4e2bd52e8f9820
- https://github.com/volcengine/OpenViking/pull/1447
- https://github.com/volcengine/OpenViking/releases/tag/v0.3.9
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openviking-authentication-bypass-via-vikingbot-openapi
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40525
- https://github.com/volcengine/OpenViking
CWEs
CWE-636
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.