WeaviateGHSA-8697-479h-5mfp

Weaviate denial of service vulnerability

CVE-2023-38976 · Published Aug 22, 2023 · updated Sep 10, 2026

High7.5

Fix: upgrade to 1.18.6 or later (3 fixed versions below)

This vulnerability is a type conversion issue that affects users of Weaviate Server versions 1.20.0 and earlier.

Who is impacted: Users of Weaviate Server versions 1.20.0 and earlier are impacted by this vulnerability.

A patch has been developed for this vulnerability.

Patch releases 1.20.6, 1.19.13, and 1.18.6 are fixing this vulnerability in each respective minor version release.

Users are strongly recommended to upgrade to one of these patched versions to address the vulnerability.

Keeping software up-to-date is crucial to avoid security vulnerabilities.

There are no known workarounds to fix or remediate this vulnerability without upgrading.

Users must upgrade to a patched version to mitigate the risk.

Affected versions

Package	Affected	Fixed in
github.com/weaviate/weaviate Go	>= 1.20.0, < 1.20.6	1.20.6
	>= 1.19.0, < 1.19.13	1.19.13
	< 1.18.6	1.18.6

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