Helicone VaultManager /v1/vault/key VaultManager.getDecryptedProviderKeyById providerKeyId missing encryption

CVSS Meta Temp Score
CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.
Current Exploit Price (≈)
Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.
CTI Interest Score
Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
4.9$0-$5k1.28-

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Helicone. It has been rated as problematic. This affects the function VaultManager.getDecryptedProviderKeyById of the file /v1/vault/key of the component VaultManager. Performing a manipulation of the argument providerKeyId results in missing encryption. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-85178. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Helicone (version unknown). This affects the function VaultManager.getDecryptedProviderKeyById of the file /v1/vault/key of the component VaultManager. The manipulation of the argument providerKeyId with an unknown input leads to a missing encryption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-311. The product does not encrypt sensitive or critical information before storage or transmission. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Helicone's VaultManager.getDecryptedProviderKeyById() function in the GET /v1/vault/key/{providerKeyId} endpoint fails to validate the requester's organization against the vault key's organization identifier. Attackers with admin or owner privileges in any organization can retrieve decrypted upstream provider credentials for other tenants, including plaintext OpenAI, Anthropic, and Bedrock API keys.

The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-85178 since 09/03/2026. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1600 for this issue.

Applying the patch ca34549ea56f7ed587843f82d9cc19baa1f36ba4 is able to eliminate this problem.

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Name

Website

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA CVSS-B Score: 🔒
CNA CVSS-BT Score: 🔒
CNA Vector: 🔒

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.9

VulDB Base Score: 2.2
VulDB Temp Score: 2.1
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 7.7
CNA Vector (VulnCheck): 🔒

CVSSv2info

AVACAuCIA
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
VectorComplexityAuthenticationConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔒
VulDB Temp Score: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Missing encryption
CWE: CWE-311 / CWE-310
CAPEC: 🔒
ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔒

0-DayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
TodayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔒

Patch: ca34549ea56f7ed587843f82d9cc19baa1f36ba4

Timelineinfo

09/03/2026 Advisory disclosed
09/03/2026 +0 days CVE reserved
09/03/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/03/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: github.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-85178 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-85178
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-398433

Entryinfo

Created: 09/03/2026 16:41
Changes: 09/03/2026 16:41 (77)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Discussion

No comments yet. Languages: en.

Please log in to comment.

◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸

Want to know what is going to be exploited?

We predict KEV entries!