Exploited CVEs / Apache / CVE-2022-24112
CVE-2022-24112
Apache APISIX Authentication Bypass Vulnerability. Exploitation in the wild is confirmed by CISA, not predicted. Federal agencies were required to remediate by 2022-09-15 (that deadline has passed); treat that date as the outer bound for your own environment. Check the vendor security advisory for the fix.
Actively exploited Apache APISIX vulnerability, Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. Added to the CISA KEV catalog 2022-08-25.
Risk summary
Updated July 28, 2026. Data refreshed on every build from MSRC, CISA KEV, and FIRST EPSS.
Senserva AI Opinion for CVE-2022-24112
Apache APISIX, an API gateway, contains an authentication bypass that leads to remote code execution, rated Critical at CVSS 9.8 with a 96 percent EPSS score. API gateways sit in front of application traffic and hold routing logic and upstream credentials, so compromising one exposes everything behind it. CISA confirmed exploitation and listed it in August 2022.
Do this: Patch APISIX deployments and confirm the default admin API key has been changed and the admin API is not publicly reachable.
AI-generated from public data, 2026-07-07. Verify against the vendor advisory before acting.
Senserva AI Opinion and rich prompt for CVE-2022-24112
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Full tracking and change history for CVE-2022-24112
Published and last-revised dates are authoritative, from Microsoft MSRC (or the CISA KEV date-added). Senserva additionally records day-to-day changes from 2026-07-07, refreshed several times a day; the change count reflects that forward-only tracking.
CISA required action
Federal (BOD 22-01) remediation due date: 2022-09-15 (past due).
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Official fix for CVE-2022-24112
Check the vendor's security advisory channel for the patched APISIX versions and workarounds.
Common questions about CVE-2022-24112
Is CVE-2022-24112 actively exploited?
Yes. CVE-2022-24112 was added to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on 2022-08-25, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed, not predicted. Its EPSS 30-day exploitation probability is 96%.
What is the CISA deadline and required action for CVE-2022-24112?
CISA set the federal (BOD 22-01) remediation due date at 2022-09-15, which has passed; treat any unremediated system as overdue. The verbatim required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
What fixes CVE-2022-24112?
Check the vendor's security advisory for the patched APISIX versions and any workarounds. KEV listing makes this a fix-first item: patch it ahead of higher-CVSS issues nobody is exploiting.
Can I ask my own AI about CVE-2022-24112?
Yes. This page includes a free, ready-to-paste AI prompt containing CVE-2022-24112's key facts: severity, CVSS, EPSS, the KEV date, the CISA due date, and the required action. Copy it into Claude, ChatGPT, or Copilot; the data is refreshed twice a day (5 AM and 3 PM US Central).
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