Apache APISIX: Cas-auth Host header influence on CAS service URL
URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect') vulnerability in Apache APISIX. The attacker could manipulate some client headers to perform an open-redirect, to potentially expose the session token. This issue affects Apache APISIX: from 3.0.0 through 3.16.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.17.0, which fixes the issue.
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- Jun 19, 2026
- Updated
- Jun 23, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.6% · 49th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-601
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Report tools
Action score
8
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 8 / 40 · 2.1 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.6%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
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- CNA · apache
- 2.1
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| apache | apisix | cpe:2.3:a:apache:apisix |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- apache apisix3.0.0 and later · before 3.17.0
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
- 3.0.0 and later · up to and including 3.16.0affected · semver
Same product
apache: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2022-24112apisix/batch-requests plugin allows overwriting the X-REAL-IP headerKEV98Now
- 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 bypassed40Plan
- CVE-2026-31908Apache APISIX: forward auth plugin allows header injection36Monitor
- CVE-2026-75005Apache APISIX: Unauthenticated CPU-exhaustion DoS34Monitor
- CVE-2021-43557Path traversal in request_uri variable34Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Apache Software Foundation Apache APISIX | 3.17.0 · description | Vendor (CNA) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
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Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
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No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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- lokerxxxreporter
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
- CVE-2026-449150 days apartApache APISIX: Cas-auth plugin open redirect via unsanitized cookie value8Monitor
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).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- Integrity
- Availability
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- A
- Scope
- X
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-601 · URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
nvd-secondary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
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Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
- lists.apache.org/thread/yo1kq93ds69zbgjjopop7dmzm7zhj1gq
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/19/11
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.