What is CVE-2026-22207?

CVE-2026-22207 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Volcengine Openviking, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-02-26.

How severe is CVE-2026-22207?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Volcengine Openviking

CVE-2026-22207

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 req…

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.003 (54.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Volcengine Openviking — versions 0, 0251c7045b3f8092c4d2e1565115b1ba23db282f

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-306 — Missing Authentication for Critical Function

References

github.com/volcengine/OpenViking/issues/302 (issue-tracking)
github.com/volcengine/OpenViking/pull/310 (vendor-advisory)
github.com/volcengine/OpenViking/commit/0251c7045b3f8092c4d2e1565115b1ba23db282f (patch)
www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openviking-missing-root-api-key-allows-anonymous-r… (third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-22207?: CVE-2026-22207 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Volcengine Openviking, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-02-26.
How severe is CVE-2026-22207?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.