CVE-2026-35051
Traefik: github.com/traefik/traefik: Traefik: Authentication bypass in ForwardAuth middleware
Severity by source
Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by GHSA (high), Red Hat (high).
Description
Traefik is an HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer. Prior to versions 2.11.43, 3.6.14, and 3.7.0-rc.2, there is an authentication bypass vulnerability in Traefik's ForwardAuth middleware when trustForwardHeader=false is configured and Traefik is deployed behind a trusted upstream proxy. This issue has been patched in versions 2.11.43, 3.6.14, and 3.7.0-rc.2.
Affected packages and fixed versions
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| go::GitHub Security Advisory Go | github.com/traefik/traefik, github.com/traefik/traefik/v2, github.com/traefik/traefik/v3 | 2.11.43 and 1 more |
| minimos | traefik-3, traefik-fips-3 | 3.6.14-r0 |
| rapidfort alpine 3.20 | traefik | 3.7.0-r0 |
| rapidfort alpine 3.21 | traefik | 3.7.0-r0 |
| rapidfort alpine 3.22 | traefik | 3.7.0-r0 |
| rapidfort alpine 3.23 | traefik | 3.7.0-r0 |
Show all 9 entries from 6 sources
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| go::GitHub Security Advisory Go | github.com/traefik/traefik | no fix listed |
| go::GitHub Security Advisory Go | github.com/traefik/traefik/v2 | 2.11.43 |
| go::GitHub Security Advisory Go | github.com/traefik/traefik/v3 | 3.7.0-rc.2, 3.6.14 |
| minimos | traefik-3 | 3.6.14-r0 |
| minimos | traefik-fips-3 | 3.6.14-r0 |
| rapidfort alpine 3.20 | traefik | 3.7.0-r0 |
| rapidfort alpine 3.21 | traefik | 3.7.0-r0 |
| rapidfort alpine 3.22 | traefik | 3.7.0-r0 |
| rapidfort alpine 3.23 | traefik | 3.7.0-r0 |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21772
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-35051
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2464235
- https://github.com/traefik/traefik
- https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v2.11.43
- https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v3.6.14
- https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v3.7.0-rc.2
- https://github.com/traefik/traefik/security/advisories/GHSA-6384-m2mw-rf54