CVE-2023-47124

Denial of service whith ACME HTTPChallenge in Traefik

MEDIUM
5.9
CVSS Score
Published: December 4, 2023 at 08:20 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:32 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorTraefik

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Severity
MEDIUM5.9
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%

Description

Traefik is an open source HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer. When Traefik is configured to use the `HTTPChallenge` to generate and renew the Let's Encrypt TLS certificates, the delay authorized to solve the challenge (50 seconds) can be exploited by attackers to achieve a `slowloris attack`. This vulnerability has been patch in version 2.10.6 and 3.0.0-beta5. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should replace the `HTTPChallenge` with the `TLSChallenge` or the `DNSChallenge`.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Affected range stops below 2.10.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3.0.0-beta5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

CVSS

5.9MEDIUMGitHub_M
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-772

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