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GHSA-JV22-34XC-W9X6

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-04-14 09:30 – Updated: 2026-04-16 15:31

Details

Header injection vulnerability in Apache APISIX.

The attacker can take advantage of certain configuration in forward-auth plugin to inject malicious headers. This issue affects Apache APISIX: from 2.12.0 through 3.15.0.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.16.0, which fixes the issue.

Severity ?

9.1 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

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CVE-2026-31908 (GCVE-0-2026-31908)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-14 08:06 – Updated: 2026-04-16 12:06

Title

Apache APISIX: forward auth plugin allows header injection

Summary

Header injection vulnerability in Apache APISIX. The attacker can take advantage of certain configuration in forward-auth plugin to inject malicious headers. This issue affects Apache APISIX: from 2.12.0 through 3.15.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.16.0, which fixes the issue.

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

CWE

CWE-75 - Failure to Sanitize Special Elements into a Different Plane (Special Element Injection)

Assigner

apache

References

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Tags

https://lists.apache.org/thread/sob643s5lztov7x57…

vendor-advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Apache Software Foundation	Apache APISIX	Affected: 2.12.0 , ≤ 3.15.0 (semver)

Credits

SeungMyung Lee

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GHSA-JV22-34XC-W9X6

CVE-2026-31908 (GCVE-0-2026-31908)

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