Description
Header injection vulnerability in Apache APISIX. The attacker can take advantage of certain configuration in forward-auth plugin to inject malicious headers. This issue affects Apache APISIX: from 2.12.0 through 3.15.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.16.0, which fixes the issue.
Problem types
CWE-75 Failure to Sanitize Special Elements into a Different Plane (Special Element Injection)
Product status
2.12.0 (semver)
Credits
SeungMyung Lee
References
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/14/3
lists.apache.org/thread/sob643s5lztov7x579j8o0c444t36n6b