Authorization Mismanagement in Kong Gateway Enterprise and Kong AI Gateway
CVE-2026-92443

8.2HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Kong Inc.

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

What is CVE-2026-92443?

A security issue exists in the caching functionality of Kong Gateway Enterprise and Kong AI Gateway. The caching plugins may inadvertently return cached responses containing sensitive Authorization or Proxy-Authorization headers to unauthorized users. This design flaw could allow an attacker to gain access to confidential information intended for specific users, posing a significant risk to the integrity and confidentiality of user data and sessions.

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:
8.2
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Attack Required:
Physical
Privileges Required:
Undefined
User Interaction:
None

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

skraft9
.