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Vulnerability record/PUBLISHED/Published Nov 13, 2026 17:51:28 UTC

CVE-2026-124680

Interpretation Conflict, resulting in (Incorrect Authorization) vulnerability in Apache APISIX. An unauthenticated client can reach upstream paths protected by a route-level auth plugin when a route without auth exists on the same upstream and the upstream does not collapse encoded dot segments. This issue affects Apache APISIX: from 0.9 through 3.19.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.20.0, which fixes the issue.

Base score7.0/ 10
SeverityHighCVSS 4.0

Exploitability / impact

CVSS metric breakdown

Vector-derived attributes
Base severityHigh
Attack vectorNetworkAV
Attack complexityLowAC
Attack requirementsPresentAT
Privileges requiredNonePR
User interactionNoneUI
Vulnerable system confidentialityNoneVC
Vulnerable system integrityNoneVI
Vulnerable system availabilityNoneVA
Subsequent system confidentialityHighSC
Subsequent system integrityHighSI
Subsequent system availabilityNoneSA
CVSS vector stringCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N

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Record context

CVE Numbering Authorityapache
Last updatedNov 13, 2026 23:05:00 UTC
PublishedNov 13, 2026 17:51:28 UTC
ReservedNov 9, 2026 10:24:53 UTC

Credits

  • Uttej Badwane
  • shreemaan-abhishek
  • shreemaan-abhishek