VYPR
Medium severity5.4NVD Advisory· Published Jun 19, 2026· Updated Jun 23, 2026

CVE-2026-49231

CVE-2026-49231

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.

Affected products

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  • Apache/Apisix2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:apache:apisix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:apisix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=3.5.0,<3.17.0
    • (no CPE)range: >=3.5.0 <=3.16.0
  • osv-coords
    Range: >= 3.5.0, < 3.18.0

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

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News mentions

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