CVEs / CVE-2022-24112

CVE-2022-24112: Apache APISIX Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

• Known exploited in the CISA KEV catalog since 25 Aug 2022
• critical 9.8 CVSS 3.1 (NVD)
• EPSS 96% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of CVEs (30 Oct 2026)
• Last changed at its sources 28 Oct 2026

Summary

Apache APISIX contains an authentication bypass vulnerability that allows for remote code execution.

Description

An attacker can abuse the batch-requests plugin to send requests to bypass the IP restriction of Admin API. A default configuration of Apache APISIX (with default API key) is vulnerable to remote code execution. When the admin key was changed or the port of Admin API was changed to a port different from the data panel, the impact is lower. But there is still a risk to bypass the IP restriction of Apache APISIX's data panel. There is a check in the batch-requests plugin which overrides the client IP with its real remote IP. But due to a bug in the code, this check can be bypassed.

Affected and fixed versions

Exploitation

Severity

References

• CVE-2022-24112 on NVD
• CVE-2022-24112 in the CISA KEV catalog
• https://lists.apache.org/thread/lcdqywz8zy94mdysk7p3gfdgn51jmt94 (cited by CISA)
• CVE-2022-24112 on OSV
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166228/Apache-APISIX-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166328/Apache-APISIX-2.12.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/02/11/3 Mailing List, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.apache.org/thread/lcdqywz8zy94mdysk7p3gfdgn51jmt94 Mailing List, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-24112 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource