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CVE-2022-24112: apisix/batch-requests plugin allows overwriting the X-REAL-IP header

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Now (action score 98/100)

  • CISA has confirmed exploitation in the wild (Aug 25, 2022). Remediation deadline for US federal agencies: Sep 15, 2022.
  • A ready-made attack module is public (Metasploit, Nuclei); exploiting it takes no special expertise.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 96% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 99.8% of all records.
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • According to CISA the attack is automatable: targets can be found by mass scanning.
  • According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.
  • Mentioned 2 times in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Patch today or shut off access. Until a fix is released, restrict access to the affected component and follow the vendor's advisory.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · CISA KEV · FIRST EPSS

An attacker can abuse the batch-requests plugin to send requests to bypass the IP restriction of Admin API. A default configuration of Apache APISIX (with default API key) is vulnerable to remote code execution. When the admin key was changed or the port of Admin API was changed to a port different from the data panel, the impact is lower. But there is still a risk to bypass the IP restriction of Apache APISIX's data panel. There is a check in the batch-requests plugin which overrides the client IP with its real remote IP. But due to a bug in the code, this check can be bypassed.

CriticalCVSS 9.8 · v3.1KEVWeaponized No fix recorded
Published
Feb 11, 2022
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
96.0% · 99th percentile

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Action score

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Now

Patch today or shut off access.

CVSS
39 / 40 · 9.8 / 10
CISA KEV
30 / 30 · Listed
EPSS
29 / 30 · 96.0%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
active
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total

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Actively exploited in the wild

CISA added this to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Aug 25, 2022. That signals real attacks, not theory.

Remediation deadline for US federal agencies: Sep 15, 2022.

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
apacheapisix

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • apache apisixbefore 2.10.4
  • apache apisix2.11.0 and later · before 2.12.1

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (apache). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Apache Software Foundation Apache APISIX

    • Apache APISIX 2.12 and later · before 2.12.1affected
    • Apache APISIX 2.10 and later · before 2.10.4affected
    • 1.3 and later · before Apache APISIX 1*affected

Same product

apache: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2020-13945In Apache APISIX, the user enabled the Admin API and deleted the Admin API access IP restriction rules.
    48Plan
  • CVE-2022-25757Apache APISIX: the body_schema check in request-validation plugin can be bypassed
    40Plan
  • CVE-2026-31908Apache APISIX: forward auth plugin allows header injection
    36Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2021-43557Nov 22, 2021 · Path traversal in request_uri variable
    34Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2022-29266Apr 20, 2022 · apisix/jwt-auth may leak secrets in error response
    32Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2024-32638May 2, 2024 · Apache APISIX: Forward-Auth Request Smuggling
    25Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

Weaponized

A ready exploit tool or active in-the-wild use is known for this vulnerability. This should be your top priority.

Evidence

  • Metasploit module ×1
  • Exploit-DB entry ×1
  • Nuclei detection template ×1
  • Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub ×10

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Exploit-DB entryremote2022-03-16
Metasploit moduleexploit/multi/http/apache_apisix_api_default_token_rceAPISIX Admin API default access token RCEexploit2020-12-07
Nuclei detection templateNuclei template CVE-2022-24112 —
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:432022-02-22
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:02022-02-22
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:82022-02-25
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:72022-03-08
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:152022-03-16
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:22022-03-17
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:92022-03-20
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:52022-12-03
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:12024-06-03

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

  1. Metasploit-431 d
  2. Published
  3. First PoC+11 d
  4. CISA KEV+195 d
  5. TodayOct 31, 2026+1723 d

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)

Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.

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Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-290 · Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

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Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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