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TI-2025-38542 Aliases CVE-2025-62232GHSA-3h2w-68px-r4v5

Apache APISIX: basic-auth logs plaintext credentials at info level

Priority LOW 39CWE-532Published · 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
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-532.

Summary

Sensitive data exposure via logging in basic-auth leads to plaintext usernames and passwords written to error logs and forwarded to log sinks when log level is INFO/DEBUG. This creates a high risk of credential compromise through log access. It has been fixed in the following commit:  https://github.com/apache/apisix/pull/12629 Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.14, which fixes this issue.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0048 41st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Apache APISIX (Apache Software Foundation): 3.14

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
ApacheApache APISIX1.0 to before 3.143.14Patch availableCNA
  • Apache APISIX VendorApache Affected 1.0 to before 3.14 Fixed in 3.14 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:apache:apisix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0 to before 3.14.0VulnerableApache
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:apisix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0 to before 3.14.0 Vulnerable ·Apache

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Apache APISIX (Apache Software Foundation) Fixed in 3.14

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-62232
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3h2w-68px-r4v5

References

Patch 1

  • 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
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