CVE-2026-39999 (GCVE-0-2026-39999)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-19 13:07 – Updated: 2026-06-22 16:17
VLAI
Title
Apache APISIX: JWT Algorithm Confusion allows authentication bypass
Summary
Authentication Bypass by Spoofing vulnerability in Apache APISIX. The attacker can completely bypass authentication capitalising on certain configurations of jwt-auth plugin. This issue affects Apache APISIX: from v2.2 through v3.16.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version v3.17.0, which fixes the issue.
Severity
7 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-290 - Authentication Bypass by Spoofing
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apache Software Foundation Apache APISIX Affected: 2.2 , ≤ 3.16.0 (semver)
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Credits
Marco Capuano
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