Kong Gateway Enterprise prior 3.13.0.12/3.14.0.11/3.15.0.4/3.16.0.1 ai-azure-content-safety input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Kong Gateway Enterprise. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component ai-azure-content-safety. Such manipulation leads to input validation. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-96437. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Kong Gateway Enterprise. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component ai-azure-content-safety. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

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.

The advisory is shared for download at developer.konghq.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-96437 since 09/23/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 3.13.0.12, 3.14.0.11, 3.15.0.4 or 3.16.0.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Gateway Enterprise 3.13.0.12/3.14.0.11/3.15.0.4/3.16.0.1

Timelineinfo

09/23/2026 CVE reserved
11/10/2026 +48 days Advisory disclosed
11/10/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
11/10/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: developer.konghq.com
Status: Confirmed

CNA: Kong
CVE: CVE-2026-96437 (🔒)

GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-96437
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-435032

Entryinfo

Created: 11/10/2026 23:08
Changes: 11/10/2026 23:08 (65)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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