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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V4 - API and Web Service HTTP request consistency
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Sep 10, 2026
HTTP/1 request-target parsing in Traefik prior to 2.11.57 and 3.7.13 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to send a rootless URL target (e.g., http:example.com/admin) that Go's HTTP library stores in URL.Opaque rather than URL.Path, leaving URL.Path empty. Traefik's routing engine, forwardAuth middleware, and access logger all evaluate against the normalized empty path (treated as /), while URL.RequestURI() gives URL.Opaque precedence when forwarding — meaning the backend receives the original opaque target verbatim. The practical consequence is cross-vhost routing bypass, path-scoped authorization bypass, and access-log evasion, all requiring no authentication or special client configuration. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, though the patch PR includes test cases demonstrating the attack technique in full detail.
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Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
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2DescriptionCVE.org
Traefik is an open source HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer. Prior to 2.11.57, and 3.7.13, Traefik accepts a rootless HTTP/1 request target that Go stores in URL.Opaque while leaving URL.Path empty. The rewriteRequestBuilder path evaluates routing, path sanitization, forwardAuth, encodedCharacters, and access logging against a path normalized to / but forwards URL.Opaque verbatim to the backend, allowing cross-vhost routing bypass, path-scoped authorization bypass, and access-log evasion when the backend interprets the opaque target as a path. This issue is fixed in 2.11.57 and 3.7.13.
Technical POC Analysis
CWE-444 (inconsistent interpretation of HTTP requests).
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Executive ViewAI
Traefik reverse-proxy versions prior to 2.11.57 (v2.x) and 3.7.13 (v3.x) contain an HTTP parsing flaw allowing unauthenticated attackers to bypass path-based routing policies and authorization controls; no public exploit identified at time of analysis. Organizations using Traefik for API gateways or multi-tenant load balancing face direct risk of unauthorized cross-service access and compliance violations through access-log evasion.
Within 24 hours: inventory all Traefik deployments and identify instances running versions before 2.11.57 or 3.7.13 to determine patch scope. Within 7 days: upgrade all affected instances to Traefik 2.11.57 or later (v2.x stream) or 3.7.13 or later (v3.x stream), testing thoroughly in staging first to validate route configurations and middleware behavior. Within 30 days: audit backend service access logs for indicators of exploitation such as requests with rootless URL targets (e.g., http:example.com/path) or anomalous cross-vhost traffic, and validate that authorization policies are correctly enforced post-upgrade.
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Attack Technique
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EUVD-2026-75578
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