Threats / Apache / CVE-2022-24112
CVE-2022-24112
· EUVD no mirror located
· GCVE no mirror located
Verified 2026-06-22
Apache APISIX vulnerability
Apache APISIX authentication bypass vulnerability enabling remote code execution. Actively exploited in the wild.
Verdict
Today item — known-exploited.
An authentication bypass in Apache APISIX allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected systems. The vulnerability has been observed in active exploitation campaigns.
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Is it exploitable?
— the evidence, ranked above the scoreExploit available
Fully weaponized — public exploit code is cataloged for this vulnerability.We link the existence of the exploit; we do not host or redistribute payloads.
Reported exploitation
679 independent public reports of in-the-wild exploitation are cataloged.Distinct reporting sources (vendor, incident response, government); open them for the underlying claims.
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-08-25).
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.96182 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
Affected: Apache, APISIX. Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.
Weakness (CWE)
Mapped to CWE-290 Auth Bypass by Spoofing — weakness family: Authentication.CWE assignment from the public NVD record; the weakness class drives how the flaw is exploited.
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Who’s exploiting it?
— attribution turns risk into urgencyAttribution not established
No confirmed (advisory-backed) threat-actor attribution is established for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.
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Why it matters
— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board1
Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1
Attacker
I bypass authentication controls by exploiting the authentication mechanism flaw in APISIX.
Business
Security perimeter is compromised; unauthorized access to API gateway is established.
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Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2
Attacker
I execute arbitrary code on the APISIX server following successful authentication bypass.
Business
Complete system compromise occurs; attacker gains code execution privileges on critical infrastructure.
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Lateral reach — past segmentation narrative 3
Attacker
I establish persistence and move laterally through the network from the compromised gateway.
Business
Downstream systems and data become vulnerable to further compromise and exfiltration.
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What to do
— defensible action- Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
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