CVE-2026-53622

Traefik is an HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer. Versions prior to 3.7.3, 3.6.18, and 2.11.51 have a critical vulnerability in Traefik's HTTP/3 (QUIC) TLS configuration selection that allows unauthenticated clients to bypass router-specific mTLS enforcement. When HTTP/3 is enabled on an entrypoint, the TLS handshake selects the applicable TLS configuration through an exact, case-sensitive lookup on the SNI value, which fails to match wildcard host patterns (e.g., *.example.com) or case variants of the configured hostname. Because the handshake falls back to the default TLS configuration — which may not require client certificates — a client can complete the QUIC handshake without presenting a certificate, while the subsequent HTTP routing layer still dispatches the request to a backend protected by a router-specific mTLS policy. The issue affects deployments where HTTP/3 is enabled, a router uses a wildcard Host rule or case-insensitive hostname matching, a router-specific TLSOptions enforces client certificate authentication, and UDP access to the entrypoint is reachable by an attacker. This vulnerability is fixed in versions 3.7.3, 3.6.18, and 2.11.51.
Configurations

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cpe:2.3:a:traefik:traefik:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Information

Published : 2026-06-23 20:16

Updated : 2026-09-02 13:18


NVD link : CVE-2026-53622

Mitre link : CVE-2026-53622

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-53622


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Products Affected

traefik

  • traefik
CWE
CWE-288

Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel

CWE-289

Authentication Bypass by Alternate Name