OpenBullet2 through version 0.3.2 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the API key authentication middleware that allows unauthenticated attackers to gain admin access by supplying an empty X-Api-Key header value. Attackers can exploit the middleware's comparison of the supplied header against an empty AdminApiKey default string to access the admin console and all API endpoints without valid credentials.
OpenBullet2 0.3.2 Authentication Bypass via X-Api-Key Header
Problem type
Affected products
openbullet
<= 0.3.2 - AFFECTED
References
https://hackernoon.com/one-empty-header-to-admin-how-an-auth-bypass-breaks-openbullet2
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openbullet2-authentication-bypass-via-x-api-key-header
GitHub Security Advisories
GHSA-54jj-4v6g-j34h
OpenBullet2 through version 0.3.2 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the API key...
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-54jj-4v6g-j34hOpenBullet2 through version 0.3.2 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the API key authentication middleware that allows unauthenticated attackers to gain admin access by supplying an empty X-Api-Key header value. Attackers can exploit the middleware's comparison of the supplied header against an empty AdminApiKey default string to access the admin console and all API endpoints without valid credentials.
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-25555
https://hackernoon.com/one-empty-header-to-admin-how-an-auth-bypass-breaks-openbullet2
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openbullet2-authentication-bypass-via-x-api-key-header
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-54jj-4v6g-j34h
JSON source
https://cveawg.mitre.org/api/cve/CVE-2026-25555Click to expand
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