CVE-2026-14916

Summary

A JWT signature verification vulnerability affects Kong components that perform JWT validation for MCP OAuth2 or DataKit integrations inside Kong API Gateway Enterprise. The affected code does not properly validate that the JWT signing algorithm is compatible with the type of key used for verification.

As a result, an unauthenticated remote attacker may be able to craft a forged JWT that is incorrectly accepted as valid, leading to authentication bypass and potential compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
KongKong Enteprise Gateway3.15.0.0 < 3.15.0.3affected
KongKong Enteprise Gateway3.14.0.0 < 3.14.0.12affected
KongKong Enteprise Gateway3.13.0.0 < 3.13.0.9affected
KongKong Enteprise Gateway3.12.0.0 < 3.12.0.10affected
KongKong Enteprise Gateway3.10.0.0 < 3.10.0.17affected
KongKong Enteprise Gateway3.4.0.0 < 3.4.3.29affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-241: CWE-241 Improper handling of unexpected data type

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: yes
    • Technical Impact: partial

References