CVE-2026-49231

Summary

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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
Apache Software FoundationApache APISIX3.5.0 <= 3.16.0affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-290: CWE-290 Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: partial

References