CVE-2026-49230

criticalpriority · attend · 46EPSS 0.003 · 22 %ileexploit · PoCEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · PoC

Likely / severe?

0.30% (22nd) EPSS

CVSS 9.1 · critical

Is it mine?

3 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-26

Improper Validation of Integrity Check Value vulnerability in Apache APISIX. The jwe-decrypt plugin under default configuration is vulnerable to authentication bypass. This issue affects Apache APISIX: from 3.8.0 through 3.16.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.17.0, which fixes the issue.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.1

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–critical · 2.9–9.1

v3.19.1criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.2

v4.06.3mediumCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v4.06.3mediumCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:Xsecondary · security@apache.org

v4.02.9lowCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:Xsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: partialcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-354US

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

BiiTts/CVE-2026-49230-APISIX-jwe-decrypt-Auth-BypassPoC for CVE-2026-49230: Apache APISIX jwe-decrypt authentication bypass (missing AES-GCM tag validation, CWE-354, CVSS 9.1)PoC · poc_in_github

affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Apache Software Foundation Apache APISIX≤ 3.8.0 ≤3.16.0enisa_euvdEU
apache apisix3.8.0 → 3.17.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:apisix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Bitnami apisix3.8.0 → 3.17.0osvUSpkg:bitnami/apisix

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

BIT-apisix-2026-49230Apache APISIX: Authentication bypass in jwe-decrypt2026-06-23vendor · osvUS
Improper Validation of Integrity Check Value vulnerability in Apache APISIX. The jwe-decrypt plugin under default configuration is vulnerable to authentication bypass. This issue affects Apache APISIX: from 3.8.0 through 3.16.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.17.0, which fixes the issue.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2026-06-19modified 2026-10-25

references (6)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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