CVE-2026-44087
CriticalCVSS 9.1Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk7th percentile — higher than 7% of all known CVEs
Summary
CVE-2026-44087 in Apache APISIX has insufficient verification of data authenticity in the openid-connect plugin, allowing an attacker to spoof identity headers.
Risk Assessment
An attacker could gain unauthorized access to protected resources, posing a significant security risk to the organization.
Recommendation
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.17.0, which fixes the issue.
Original NVD description (English source)
Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity vulnerability in Apache APISIX. The openid-connect plugin under default configuration has an attack surface that allows the attacker to spoof identity headers allowing the attacker to get unauthorized access the protected resources. This issue affects Apache APISIX: from 2.3 through 3.16.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.17.0, which fixes the issue.