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.

The EPSS score is 0.00374.

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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Workaround

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References
Link Providers
https://developer.konghq.com/ai-gateway/changelog/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://developer.konghq.com/gateway/changelog/ cve-icon cve-icon
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
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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Kong

Published:

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

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

Link: CVE-2026-92441

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-11-10T22:21:14.867

Modified: 2026-11-10T22:21:14.867

Link: CVE-2026-92441

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