An attacker could relay spoofed identity headers to upstream capitalising on non-default configuration in opa plugin.
This could allow the attacker to assume higher privileges on the upstream service.
This issue affects Apache APISIX: from 3.5.0 through 3.16.0.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.17.0, which fixes the issue.
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| Description | Authentication Bypass by Spoofing vulnerability in opa plugin. An attacker could relay spoofed identity headers to upstream capitalising on non-default configuration in opa plugin. This could allow the attacker to assume higher privileges on the upstream service. This issue affects Apache APISIX: from 3.5.0 through 3.16.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.17.0, which fixes the issue. | |
| Title | Apache APISIX: Identity spoofing issue in APISIX opa plugin | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-290 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: apache
Published:
Updated: 2026-06-22T16:20:09.284Z
Reserved: 2026-05-28T06:52:25.554Z
Link: CVE-2026-49231
Updated: 2026-06-22T16:20:04.293Z
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Updated: 2026-06-19T21:30:17Z