CVE-2026-54763
CRITICALTraefik: headerField underscore-variant identity spoofing in BasicAuth / DigestAuth / ForwardAuth
Title source: cnaDescription
Traefik is an HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer. Prior to v2.11.51, v3.6.22, and v3.7.6, Traefik's BasicAuth, DigestAuth, and ForwardAuth middlewares strip canonical-cased spoofed identity headers before writing Traefik's own value, but do not account for underscore-variant header names, which many backends normalize identically to dashed forms. An attacker able to reach a protected route can inject an underscore-variant header that survives Traefik's stripping and reaches the backend alongside, or on the unauthenticated ForwardAuth authResponseHeaders path instead of, the value Traefik intended to set, spoofing identity or authorization context. This issue is fixed in versions v2.11.51, v3.6.22, and v3.7.6.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
X_Refsource_Confirm x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/traefik/traefik/security/advisories/GHSA-x677-9fxg-v5c5
X_Refsource_Misc x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/traefik/traefik/pull/13262
X_Refsource_Misc x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/traefik/traefik/commit/108a5264473a2cbc8f12d6d691a3c6553cdf2c1b
Scores
CVSS v3
10.0
EPSS
0.0020
EPSS Percentile
10.1%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-178
CWE-290
CWE-345
Status
published
Products (5)
traefik/traefik
< 2.11.51 (2 CPE variants)
traefik/traefik
>= 3.0.0-beta1, < 3.6.22
traefik/traefik
>= 3.0.0-beta1, < v3.6.22
traefik/traefik
>= 3.7.0-ea.1, < 3.7.6
traefik/traefik
>= 3.7.0-ea.1, < v3.7.6
Published
Jul 06, 2026
Tracked Since
Jul 07, 2026