CVE-2026-92558 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The proxy-cache and proxy-cache-advanced plugins in Kong Gateway Enterprise and Kong AI Gateway do not escape separator characters when building the cache key, allowing a remote attacker to cause a response cached for one request to be served for a different request on the same Route.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements Present

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact Low

Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact Low

Subsequent System Availability Impact Low

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00439.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

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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 22:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		The proxy-cache and proxy-cache-advanced plugins in Kong Gateway Enterprise and Kong AI Gateway do not escape separator characters when building the cache key, allowing a remote attacker to cause a response cached for one request to be served for a different request on the same Route.
Weaknesses		CWE-116
References		https://developer.konghq.com/ai-gateway/changelog/ https://developer.konghq.com/gateway/changelog/
Metrics		cvssV4_0 `{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:L/SA:L'}`

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Kong

Published: 2026-11-10T21:45:39.935Z

Updated: 2026-11-10T21:45:39.935Z

Reserved: 2026-09-16T13:20:37.821Z

Link: CVE-2026-92558

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-11-10T22:21:15.413

Modified: 2026-11-10T22:21:15.413

Link: CVE-2026-92558

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-116

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