🛡️ CVE-2026-49230 — apisix

🟡 CVSS 5.0 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-354 OSV
5.0
CVSS Score
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Description

Apache APISIX: Authentication bypass in jwe-decrypt

Improper Validation of Integrity Check Value vulnerability in Apache APISIX.

The jwe-decrypt plugin under default configuration is vulnerable to authentication bypass. 

This issue affects Apache APISIX: from 3.8.0 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-2026-49230 is classified as CWE-354: Improper Validation of Integrity Check Value. A checksum or integrity value is not verified properly, so tampered data passes as intact.

Affected software

CVE-2026-49230 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-354
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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