CVE-2026-92439 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The SAML plugin in Kong Gateway Enterprise does not enforce AudienceRestriction, allowing a valid assertion issued for another Service Provider to be replayed to authenticate to Kong.

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.

The EPSS score is 0.00342.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Kong Inc.

Kong Gateway Enterprise

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`3.10.0.0`	affected	< 3.10.0.20
`3.13.0.0`	affected	< 3.13.0.12
`3.14.0.0`	affected	< 3.14.0.17
`3.15.0.0`	affected	< 3.15.0.7
`3.16.0.0`	affected	< 3.16.0.2

Kong Inc.

Kong AI Gateway

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`2.2.0`	affected	< 2.2.1

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Project Subscriptions

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

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		The SAML plugin in Kong Gateway Enterprise does not enforce AudienceRestriction, allowing a valid assertion issued for another Service Provider to be replayed to authenticate to Kong.
Weaknesses		CWE-287
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: 2026-11-10T21:36:59.579Z

Updated: 2026-11-10T21:36:59.579Z

Reserved: 2026-09-16T10:24:50.014Z

Link: CVE-2026-92439

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-11-10T22:21:14.740

Modified: 2026-11-10T22:21:14.740

Link: CVE-2026-92439

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-287

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