The attacker can take advantage of certain configuration in forward-auth plugin to spoof identity headers.
This issue affects Apache APISIX: from 2.12.0 through 3.16.0.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.17.0, which fixes the issue.
No advisories yet.
Solution
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Workaround
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Mon, 22 Jun 2026 17:30:00 +0000
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| Description | Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Apache APISIX. The attacker can take advantage of certain configuration in forward-auth plugin to spoof identity headers. This issue affects Apache APISIX: from 2.12.0 through 3.16.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.17.0, which fixes the issue. | |
| Title | Apache APISIX: Identity Injection via forward-auth Plugin Missing Header Cleanup | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-20 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: apache
Published:
Updated: 2026-06-22T16:16:29.535Z
Reserved: 2026-04-08T02:34:21.516Z
Link: CVE-2026-39998
Updated: 2026-06-22T16:16:24.996Z
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2026-06-19T14:16:21.823
Modified: 2026-06-23T14:57:13.603
Link: CVE-2026-39998
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-06-19T21:30:17Z