Traefik is an HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer. Prior to versions 2.11.43, 3.6.14, and 3.7.0-rc.2, there is a high severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Traefik's ForwardAuth and snippet-based authentication middleware. Traefik's forwarded-header sanitization logic targets only canonical header names (e.g., X-Forwarded-Proto) and does not strip or normalize alias variants that use underscores instead of dashes (e.g., X_Forwarded_Proto). These unsanitized alias headers are forwarded intact to the authentication backend. When the backend normalizes underscore and dash header forms equivalently, an attacker can inject spoofed trust context — such as a trusted scheme or host — through the alias headers and bypass authentication on protected routes without valid credentials. This issue has been patched in versions 2.11.43, 3.6.14, and 3.7.0-rc.2.
References
| Link | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v2.11.43 | Product Release Notes |
| https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v3.6.14 | Product Release Notes |
| https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v3.7.0-rc.2 | Product Release Notes |
| https://github.com/traefik/traefik/security/advisories/GHSA-5m6w-wvh7-57vm | Exploit Mitigation Patch Vendor Advisory |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21772 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-39858 | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2464234 | |
| https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-39858.json |
Configurations
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History
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Information
Published : 2026-04-30 21:16
Updated : 2026-07-15 02:20
NVD link : CVE-2026-39858
Mitre link : CVE-2026-39858
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-39858
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Products Affected
traefik
- traefik
