CVE-2026-59954

Apollo ConfigService access key authentication bypass via appId parsing and non-canonical matching

Published Jul 15, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Apollo is a reliable configuration management system suitable for microservice configuration management scenarios. Prior to 2.5.2, Apollo ConfigService may allow unauthorized access to configuration data when AccessKey or management key authentication is enabled because ConfigService can accept a non-canonical appId variant during authentication while downstream request handling resolves it to the protected app, including accent variants under accent-insensitive collations or trailing-space variants under PAD SPACE collations on /configs and /configfiles endpoints. This issue is fixed in version 2.5.2.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-4w3q-qpfq-v992 Apollo ConfigService access key authentication bypass via appId parsing and non-canonical matching
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Apolloconfig
Apolloconfig apollo
Vendors & Products Apolloconfig
Apolloconfig apollo
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Apollo is a reliable configuration management system suitable for microservice configuration management scenarios. Prior to 2.5.2, Apollo ConfigService may allow unauthorized access to configuration data when AccessKey or management key authentication is enabled because ConfigService can accept a non-canonical appId variant during authentication while downstream request handling resolves it to the protected app, including accent variants under accent-insensitive collations or trailing-space variants under PAD SPACE collations on /configs and /configfiles endpoints. This issue is fixed in version 2.5.2.
Title Apollo ConfigService access key authentication bypass via appId parsing and non-canonical matching
Weaknesses CWE-20
CWE-287
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Jul 15, 2026, 5:28 PM
Reserved
Jul 7, 2026, 6:49 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Jul 15, 2026, 5:16 PM
Modified
Oct 24, 2026, 9:10 PM