CVE-2026-111668: AIHelms through 0.1.25 Missing Authorization in Efficiency Analytics API

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-10-16 · updated 2026-10-23
Weakness: CWE-862

Description

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.

Affected products

beizhu-1209 AIHelms: through 0.1.25

References

https://github.com/beizhu-1209/AIHelms/blob/0.1.25/apps/api/v1/efficiency.py#L284-L307
https://github.com/beizhu-1209/AIHelms/blob/0.1.25/apps/api/v1/efficiency.py#L436-L447
https://hackmd.io/@hieuPenguinnn/aihelms-efficiency-analytics-missing-authorization
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/aihelms-through-0.1.25-missing-authorization-in-efficiency-analytics-api
https://hackmd.io/@hieuPenguinnn/aihelms-efficiency-analytics-missing-authorization

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