VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2026-39999
Authentication Bypass by Spoofing vulnerability in Apache APISIX.
HIGH 7.0EPSS 0.64%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.64%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 4.0
- 7.0 HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
- EPSS
- 0.64% probability · 49th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-290
- Affected
- apache/apisix
- Source
- security@apache.org
References
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/nfopt8cnxd3k0rs1oxtr7lzxrdw4mojqVendor Advisory, Mailing List
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/19/5Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.