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CVE-2025-27446 Apache APISIX

Affected softwareApache APISIX
Severity7.8 High CVSS 3.1
WeaknessIncorrect permission assignment (CWE-732)
Published6 Jul 2025
Updated17 Jun 2026

Description

Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource vulnerability in Apache APISIX(java-plugin-runner). Local listening file permissions in APISIX plugin runner allow a local attacker to elevate privileges. This issue affects Apache APISIX(java-plugin-runner): from 0.2.0 through 0.5.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 0.6.0 or higher, which fixes the issue.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published a year ago.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment exploitation: none
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 0.21% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

No exploit published

Within Waratek scope. In the sources we check, nobody has published exploit code for this CVE or reported it being exploited.

VRT has not found a public code change for this CVE yet.

  • Protection none
  • Action not pursued
  • Review automated Upstream data
  • Record active
Decided by Nothing to build a rule from yet: no published exploit, no CISA record of exploitation and no source-level change to read
Finding This CVE affects a known product, but nothing published names a fix and nothing published shows an exploit. That is a statement about the evidence, not about the defect — it does not mean the vulnerability is unimportant or unreachable, only that neither of the two things VRT can act on exists.

Affected software and releases

Products and versions

1 product, 1 version entry
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd apache apisix generic ≥ 0.2 and ≤ 0.5

References

URLTags
https://lists.apache.org/thread/qwxnxolt0j5nvjfpr0mlz6h7nrtvyzng Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/07/06/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/07/07/1

Timeline

Published2025-07-06By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-17NVD's own last-modified date for this record.