CVE-2022-24112
Apache APISIX Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 15 September 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
An attacker can abuse the batch-requests plugin to send requests to bypass the IP restriction of Admin API. A default configuration of Apache APISIX (with default API key) is vulnerable to remote code execution. When the admin key was changed or the port of Admin API was changed to a port different from the data panel, the impact is lower. But there is still a risk to bypass the IP restriction of Apache APISIX's data panel. There is a check in the batch-requests plugin which overrides the client IP with its real remote IP. But due to a bug in the code, this check can be bypassed.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 96.07% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 16 March 2022
- CISA KEV
- Listed 25 August 2022 · due 15 September 2022
- Weakness
- CWE-290
- Affected
- apache/apisix
- Source
- security@apache.org
EPSS 96.1% since 30 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
CISA notes
Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://lists.apache.org/thread/lcdqywz8zy94mdysk7p3gfdgn51jmt94; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24112
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166228/Apache-APISIX-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166328/Apache-APISIX-2.12.1-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/02/11/3Mailing List, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/lcdqywz8zy94mdysk7p3gfdgn51jmt94Mailing List, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166228/Apache-APISIX-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166328/Apache-APISIX-2.12.1-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/02/11/3Mailing List, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/lcdqywz8zy94mdysk7p3gfdgn51jmt94Mailing List, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-24112Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.