Missing Authentication for Critical Function Affecting openviking package, versions [0.2.5,0.2.16.dev9)
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- published13 Apr 2026
- disclosed1 Apr 2026
- creditChia Min Jun Lennon
Introduced: 1 Apr 2026
CVE-2026-34999 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade openviking to version 0.2.16.dev9 or higher.
Overview
openviking is an An Agent-native context database
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Missing Authentication for Critical Function in the bot proxy router. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to protected bot proxy functionality by sending requests to the POST /bot/v1/chat and POST /bot/v1/chat/stream endpoints without providing valid credentials.