CVE-2026-92441 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Kong Gateway Enterprise and Kong AI Gateway include decoded CR/LF characters from the request path in the X-Forwarded-Prefix header on regex Routes, allowing HTTP header injection and request smuggling to the upstream.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact None

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact High

Subsequent System Integrity Impact High

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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References

Link	Providers
https://developer.konghq.com/ai-gateway/changelog/
https://developer.konghq.com/gateway/changelog/

History

Tue, 10 Nov 2026 21:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Kong Gateway Enterprise and Kong AI Gateway include decoded CR/LF characters from the request path in the X-Forwarded-Prefix header on regex Routes, allowing HTTP header injection and request smuggling to the upstream.
Weaknesses		CWE-93
References		https://developer.konghq.com/ai-gateway/changelog/ https://developer.konghq.com/gateway/changelog/
Metrics		cvssV4_0 `{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N'}`

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Kong

Published: 2026-11-10T21:40:14.596Z

Updated: 2026-11-10T21:40:14.596Z

Reserved: 2026-09-16T10:24:54.270Z

Link: CVE-2026-92441

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NVD

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Weaknesses

CWE-93

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