CVE-2026-22207

critical

Description

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.

References

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openviking-missing-root-api-key-allows-anonymous-root-access

https://github.com/volcengine/OpenViking/pull/310/changes/0251c7045b3f8092c4d2e1565115b1ba23db282f

https://github.com/volcengine/OpenViking/pull/310

https://github.com/volcengine/OpenViking/issues/302

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-02-26

Updated: 2026-03-02

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

CVSS v4

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00219