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1 vulnerability found for Kong Enteprise Gateway by Kong
CVE-2026-14916 (GCVE-0-2026-14916)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-09-16 10:11
Modified
2026-09-16 13:26
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-241 - Improper handling of unexpected data type
Summary
A JWT signature verification vulnerability affects Kong components that perform JWT validation for MCP OAuth2 or DataKit integrations inside Kong API Gateway Enterprise. The affected code does not properly validate that the JWT signing algorithm is compatible with the type of key used for verification.
As a result, an unauthenticated remote attacker may be able to craft a forged JWT that is incorrectly accepted as valid, leading to authentication bypass and potential compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
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Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
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| Kong | Kong Enteprise Gateway |
Version: 3.15.0.0 < 3.15.0.3 Version: 3.14.0.0 < 3.14.0.12 Version: 3.13.0.0 < 3.13.0.9 Version: 3.12.0.0 < 3.12.0.10 Version: 3.10.0.0 < 3.10.0.17 Version: 3.4.0.0 < 3.4.3.29 |
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