CVE-2026-31923
HIGH
CVSS 7.5
No EPSS data
Description
Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information vulnerability in Apache APISIX.
This can occur due to `ssl_verify` in openid-connect plugin configuration being set to false by default.
This issue affects Apache APISIX: from 0.7 through 3.15.0.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.16.0, which fixes the issue.
CVSS details
EPSS
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