HTTP Header Injection Vulnerability in Kong Gateway Enterprise and Kong AI Gateway
CVE-2026-92441

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Kong Inc.

Status
Kong Gateway Enterprise
Kong Ai Gateway
Vendor
CVE Published:
10 November 2026

What is CVE-2026-92441?

Kong Gateway Enterprise and Kong AI Gateway are facing a vulnerability that allows for the injection of decoded CR/LF characters from the request path into the X-Forwarded-Prefix header. This can potentially lead to HTTP header injection and request smuggling, posing a serious risk for misrouting and access control issues in upstream services.

Affected Version(s)

Kong AI Gateway 2.2.0 < 2.2.1

Kong Gateway Enterprise 3.10.0.0 < 3.10.0.20

Kong Gateway Enterprise 3.13.0.0 < 3.13.0.12

References

https://developer.konghq.com/gateway/changelog/
release-notes
https://developer.konghq.com/ai-gateway/changelog/
release-notes

CVSS V4

Score:
7.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Attack Required:
None
Privileges Required:
Undefined
User Interaction:
None

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

thalysonz
.