CVE-2026-88004

Traefik entrypoint header-name sanitization bypassed via request trailers

State
Published
Severity
7.0 High
Published
Sep 10, 2026
Updated
Sep 10, 2026
Reserved
Sep 9, 2026

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Description

Traefik is an open source HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer. From 3.2.0 until 3.7.13, Traefik entrypoint defenses aliasHeadersStrategy, underscoreHeadersStrategy, and forwardedHeaders inspect req.Header but not req.Trailer, allowing an unauthenticated client to submit an aliasing or trusted header name in an HTTP/1.1 chunked trailer or an HTTP/2 trailer. When the retry or buffering middleware reads the body before the reverse proxy clones the request, the attacker-controlled trailer value reaches a backend that merges trailers into the header namespace, bypassing the documented delete or reject behavior and potentially spoofing identity or forwarded routing data. This issue is fixed in 3.7.13.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
4.07.0 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:NGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-436 Interpretation Conflict
  • CWE-807 Reliance on Untrusted Inputs in a Security Decision

Affected Products

ProductVersions
traefiktraefik
  • >= 3.2.0, < 3.7.13Affected

References

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