CVE-2026-14916: Kong Enteprise Gateway

High severity, CVSS 7.7. EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A JWT signature verification vulnerability affects Kong components that perform JWT validation for MCP OAuth2 or DataKit integrations inside Kong API Gateway Enterprise. The affected code does not properly validate that the JWT signing algorithm is compatible with the type of key used for verification. As a result, an unauthenticated remote attacker may be able to craft a forged JWT that is incorrectly accepted as valid, leading to authentication bypass and potential compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Affected products

• Kong Kong Enteprise Gateway: from 3.15.0.0, before 3.15.0.3 (fixed in 3.15.0.3); from 3.14.0.0, before 3.14.0.12 (fixed in 3.14.0.12); from 3.13.0.0, before 3.13.0.9 (fixed in 3.13.0.9); from 3.12.0.0, before 3.12.0.10 (fixed in 3.12.0.10); from 3.10.0.0, before 3.10.0.17 (fixed in 3.10.0.17); from 3.4.0.0, before 3.4.3.29 (fixed in 3.4.3.29)

Published 2026-09-16. Last modified 2026-09-18.