CVE-2022-29266

apisix/jwt-auth may leak secrets in error response

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: April 20, 2022 at 07:15 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:39 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorApisix

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 8%

Description

In APache APISIX before 3.13.1, the jwt-auth plugin has a security issue that leaks the user's secret key because the error message returned from the dependency lua-resty-jwt contains sensitive information.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 2.13.1Apache APISIX ≤ v ≤ 2.13.0
Affected range stops below 2.13.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (2)

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/04/20/1

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-209

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