CVE-2026-14916 PUBLISHED

Kong API Gateway Enterprise: JWT Algorithm-Confusion

Assigner: Kong
Reserved: 07.07.2026 Published: 16.09.2026 Updated: 16.09.2026

A JWT signature verification vulnerability affects Kong components that perform JWT validation for MCP OAuth2 or DataKit integrations inside Kong API Gateway Enterprise. The affected code does not properly validate that the JWT signing algorithm is compatible with the type of key used for verification.

As a result, an unauthenticated remote attacker may be able to craft a forged JWT that is incorrectly accepted as valid, leading to authentication bypass and potential compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 7.7

Product Status

Vendor Kong
Product Kong Enteprise Gateway
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 3.15.0.0 to 3.15.0.3 (excl.)
  • affected from 3.14.0.0 to 3.14.0.12 (excl.)
  • affected from 3.13.0.0 to 3.13.0.9 (excl.)
  • affected from 3.12.0.0 to 3.12.0.10 (excl.)
  • affected from 3.10.0.0 to 3.10.0.17 (excl.)
  • affected from 3.4.0.0 to 3.4.3.29 (excl.)

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-241 Improper handling of unexpected data type CWE

Impacts

  • CAPEC-115 Authentication Bypass