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The ai-azure-content-safety plugin in Kong Gateway Enterprise skips inspection of request bodies larger than the in-memory body buffer…

8.2HighCNA
Exploited
No known exploitation
Fix
Fixed in 3.13.0.12, 3.14.0.11, 3.15.0.4, 3.16.0.1
Who is exposed
Not reported

Do first: Upgrade to a fixed version: 3.13.0.12, 3.14.0.11, 3.15.0.4, 3.16.0.1.

Published
Last modified
Reference
Last checked
25/100 · provisional
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

The ai-azure-content-safety plugin in Kong Gateway Enterprise skips inspection of request bodies larger than the in-memory body buffer, allowing prompts to bypass input content-safety checks.

cve.now Index

25Pcve.now Index 25 of 100 · methodology v3 · provisional
  • Exploitation?/40Unknown. No CISA SSVC exploitation rating yet
  • Exposure17/25No login or user action needed per the CVSS vector, reachable over the network without a login · Unknown: No advisory context yet
  • Reach?/20Unknown. No tracked technology or package matched
  • Severity8.2/10CVSS 8.2
  • No patch0/5No signal

What would change the score

  • Would score about 70 if added to CISA KEV
  • Would score about 65 if CISA's SSVC rates exploitation active
  • Would score about 30 if advisories confirm default setups are exposed

What to do

  • Upgrade to a fixed version: 3.13.0.12, 3.14.0.11, 3.15.0.4, 3.16.0.1.

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What cve.now has for CVE-2026-96437 (entry last updated 2026-11-10):
Affected:
- Kong Inc. Kong Gateway Enterprise: from 3.13.0.0, fixed in 3.13.0.12; from 3.14.0.0, fixed in 3.14.0.11; from 3.15.0.0, fixed in 3.15.0.4; from 3.16.0.0, fixed in 3.16.0.1
Fixed versions: 3.13.0.12, 3.14.0.11, 3.15.0.4, 3.16.0.1.
Setup: unknown whether the bug needs a non-default feature or setting. Check the advisory.
CISA KEV: CVE-2026-96437 is not listed as of cve.now's last read.
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- Installed software: check what is actually running, not what a repo declares. Read the version from each host, container image and Kubernetes node (the binary's version output, the OS package database, image layers), and check whether the conditions above hold there. Distribution packages may carry a backported fix under an older version number; confirm against the distribution's own advisory.

Verify against the linked advisories before concluding, and cite the date you read each one:
- https://developer.konghq.com/gateway/changelog/
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Entry: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-96437
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Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. First seen by cve.now

Affected versions

  • Kong Inc. Kong Gateway Enterprise

    From 3.13.0.0 · fixed in 3.13.0.12; From 3.14.0.0 · fixed in 3.14.0.11; From 3.15.0.0 · fixed in 3.15.0.4; From 3.16.0.0 · fixed in 3.16.0.1

Evidence 3

CVE record · 2

Establishes: The identifier and description.

  1. Record
  2. Record

Other links · 1

  1. Link

Corrections

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Questions about CVE-2026-96437

Is CVE-2026-96437 being exploited?

It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.Source: cve.now feed data

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-96437?

Kong Gateway Enterprise: from 3.13.0.0 before 3.13.0.12; from 3.14.0.0 before 3.14.0.11; from 3.15.0.0 before 3.15.0.4; from 3.16.0.0 before 3.16.0.1.Source: cve.now feed data

How do I fix CVE-2026-96437?

Upgrade to a fixed version: 3.13.0.12, 3.14.0.11, 3.15.0.4, 3.16.0.1.Source: cve.now feed data