CVE-2026-49231

Apache APISIX: Identity spoofing issue in APISIX opa plugin

State
Published
Severity
2.3 Low
Published
Jun 19, 2026
Updated
Jun 22, 2026
Reserved
May 28, 2026

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Description

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.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
4.02.3 LowCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:Napache

Weaknesses

  • CWE-290 Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Apache APISIXApache Software Foundation
  • 3.5.0 through 3.16.0Affected

References

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