🛡️ CVE-2026-49231 — apisix

🟢 CVSS 2.0 — Low ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-290 OSV
2.0
CVSS Score
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Description

Apache APISIX: Identity spoofing issue in APISIX opa plugin

Authentication Bypass by Spoofing vulnerability in opa plugin.

An attacker could relay spoofed identity headers to upstream capitalising on non-default configuration in opa plugin.

This could allow the attacker to assume higher privileges on the upstream service.

This issue affects Apache APISIX: from 3.5.0 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 low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity low, availability none.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-49231 is classified as CWE-290: Authentication Bypass by Spoofing. Identity is inferred from something an attacker can forge, such as a header or address.

Affected software

CVE-2026-49231 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 LOW
CVSS Score 2.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE CWE-290
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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