CVE-2026-44046 PUBLISHED

Apache APISIX: wolf-rbac plugin Identity Spoofing

Assigner: apache
Reserved: 05.05.2026 Published: 19.06.2026 Updated: 19.06.2026

Use of Less Trusted Source vulnerability in Apache APISIX.

Attacker can take advantage of wolf-rbac plugin under default configuration to potentially pollute logs with spoofed identity information and exploit IP based access control rules. This issue affects Apache APISIX: from 1.2.0 through 3.16.0.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.17.0, which fixes the issue.

Metrics

CVSS 4.0

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N
CVSS Score: 2.3

Exploitability Metrics		Vulnerable System Impact Metrics		Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Attack Vector	Network	Confidentiality	None	Confidentiality	None
Attack Complexity	Low	Integrity	None	Integrity	Low
Attack Requirements	Present	Availability	None	Availability	None
Privileges Required	Low
User Interaction	None

CVSS 4.0

Product Status

Vendor	Apache Software Foundation
Product	Apache APISIX
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 1.2.0 to 3.16.0 (incl.)

Credits

Qi Deng reporter

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread/xkshmps51b24yw0qckl5h5ddyv0x6qf9

Problem Types

CWE-348 Use of Less Trusted Source CWE