Echo: weaviate-1.37: security update to 1.37.17+e1

low Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 463802

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- 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. (CVE-2026-11500)

Solution

Update the weaviate-1.37 library and its related packages to version 1.37.17+e1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2026-11500

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 463802

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/5/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.8

Percentile: 22.57

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-11500

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.3

Threat Score: 1.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/1/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/8/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-11500