AIHelms Missing Authorization in Efficiency Analytics API
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
AIHelms through 0.1.25 by beizhu-1209 has a missing authorization flaw in apps/api/v1/efficiency.py (CWE-862). Authenticated low-privileged users can bypass the efficiency:read and efficiency:write permission checks. An attacker can read organization-wide AI spend through routes such as /cost/detail, /top-users and /budget, and can change suggestion statuses or generate reports.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
AIHelms through 0.1.25 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in apps/api/v1/efficiency.py that allows authenticated low-privileged users to bypass efficiency:read and efficiency:write permission checks. Attackers can query routes like /cost/detail, /top-users and /budget to read organization-wide AI spend, and can modify suggestion statuses or generate reports.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| beizhu-1209 | AIHelms | up to 0.1.25 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- AIHelms Vendorbeizhu-1209 Affected up to 0.1.25 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for AIHelms.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Timeline
- 2026-10-16 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-111668
- 2026-10-16 Alias added: GHSA-xq66-q5m4-496q
- 2026-10-23 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-23 Priority changed: LOW → MEDIUM
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-111668 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-111668 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-xq66-q5m4-496q · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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