apisix/jwt-auth may leak secrets in error response
Priority MEDIUM 44CWE-209Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-209.
Summary
In APache APISIX before 3.13.1, the jwt-auth plugin has a security issue that leaks the user's secret key because the error message returned from the dependency lua-resty-jwt contains sensitive information.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.0814 94th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-29266
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x46m-gg6j-22gf
References
More Apache Apisix vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-08057 apisix/batch-requests plugin allows overwriting the X-REAL-IP header KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-23979 The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2020-10921 In Apache APISIX, the user enabled the Admin API and deleted the Admin API access IP… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2026-24457 Apache APISIX: forward auth plugin allows header injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2022-09331 Apache APISIX: the body_schema check in request-validation plugin can be bypassed CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-19447 Path traversal in request_uri variable CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2022-29266 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-29266 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-x46m-gg6j-22gf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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