CVE-2026-31908

Apache APISIX: forward auth plugin allows header injection

Summary

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD OSV

Affected packages

Bitnami apisix

[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"2.12.0"},{"fixed":"3.16.0"}]}]

References

advisory openwall.com
advisory lists.apache.org
web nvd.nist.gov