🛡️ CVE-2026-44087 — apisix

🟡 CVSS 5.0 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-345 OSV
5.0
CVSS Score
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Description

Apache APISIX: Openid-connect plugin Identity Header Spoofing

Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity vulnerability in Apache APISIX.

The openid-connect plugin under default configuration has an attack surface that allows the attacker to spoof identity headers allowing the attacker to get unauthorized access the protected resources.

This issue affects Apache APISIX: from 2.3 through 3.16.0.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.17.0, which fixes the issue.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability none.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-44087 is classified as CWE-345: Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity. Data is trusted without confirming it really came from the claimed source and was not altered.

Affected software

CVE-2026-44087 is recorded against 1 package.

  • apisix

Timeline and source

Published on 23 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

www.openwall.com (Web)
lists.apache.org (Web)
nvd.nist.gov (Web)

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 5.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE CWE-345
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-06-23
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-06-23
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
apisix — —

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