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CVE-2026-88011

8.1, high

Traefik is an open source HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer

NVD (opens in a new tab) CVE.org (opens in a new tab)
CVSS
8.1, high high CVSS v3.1
EPSS, next 30 days
0.4% higher than 34.8% of scored CVEs
Exploitation
No public evidence
Published
10 Sept 2026a month ago

Description

Traefik is an open source HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer. Prior to 2.11.56, and from 3.0.0 until 3.7.12, a client-supplied dot-form header such as X.Authenticated.User survives ForwardAuth replacement and underscoreHeadersStrategy because Go treats it as distinct from X-Authenticated-User while normalization-prone CGI, WSGI, PHP, and NGINX backends collapse both names. A backend can consequently consume the client value instead of the identity Traefik asserted, allowing identity spoofing for any header managed by Traefik. The aliasHeadersStrategy protection is disabled by default and must be configured as delete or reject. The mitigation is available in 2.11.56 and 3.7.12.

Details

Vendor
Traefik
Product
traefik
Weakness
CWE-290 (opens in a new tab)
Status
Analyzed
Updated
15 Sept 2026
Assigner
security-advisories@github.com

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

References 5

Patches and fixes 3

Other references 2

The kind is read from NVD's tags where present and from the shape of the URL otherwise, so treat it as a hint.

Other Traefik CVEs

Every Traefik CVE we hold

Same vendor in what we hold, not a known link between the flaws.

  • CVE-2026-88007 traefik Improper Authentication Vulnerability EPSS 0.6% 9.1, critical
  • CVE-2026-88008 traefik HTTP Request Smuggling Vulnerability EPSS 0.5% 9.1, critical
  • CVE-2026-88879 Traefik is an HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer EPSS 0.3% 8.2, high
  • CVE-2026-88004 Traefik is an open source HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer EPSS 0.5% 7.4, high
  • CVE-2026-88009 traefik HTTP Request Smuggling Vulnerability EPSS 0.4% 8.2, high
  • CVE-2026-85594 traefik Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key Vulnerability EPSS 0.5% 9.8, critical
  • CVE-2026-85595 traefik Improper Authentication Vulnerability EPSS 0.7% 9.8, critical
  • CVE-2026-85596 traefik Improper Authentication Vulnerability EPSS 0.4% 9.8, critical

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Assembled from the NVD 2.0 API, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog and FIRST EPSS. Scores are as of our last collection on 17 Oct 2026, not the live upstream state.