CVE-2026-39999

Severity CVSS v4.0:

HIGH

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

19/06/2026

Last modified:

23/06/2026

Description

Authentication Bypass by Spoofing vulnerability in Apache APISIX. The attacker can completely bypass authentication capitalising on certain configurations of jwt-auth plugin. This issue affects Apache APISIX: from v2.2 through v3.16.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version v3.17.0, which fixes the issue.

Impact

Vector 4.0

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N CVSS v4.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.00 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Attack Requirements (AT): Present
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Confidentiality (VC): None
Integrity (VI): None
Availability (VA): None
Confidentiality (SC): High
Integrity (SI): High
Availability (SA): None

Base Score 4.0

7.00

Severity 4.0

HIGH

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.10 CRITICAL
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): None