CVE-2026-88004

Traefik entrypoint header-name sanitization bypassed via request trailers

HIGH
7.4
CVSS Score
Published: September 10, 2026 at 02:33 PM UTC
Updated: September 14, 2026 at 08:14 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorTraefik

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Severity
HIGH7.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Traefik is an open source HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer. From 3.2.0 until 3.7.13, Traefik entrypoint defenses aliasHeadersStrategy, underscoreHeadersStrategy, and forwardedHeaders inspect req.Header but not req.Trailer, allowing an unauthenticated client to submit an aliasing or trusted header name in an HTTP/1.1 chunked trailer or an HTTP/2 trailer. When the retry or buffering middleware reads the body before the reverse proxy clones the request, the attacker-controlled trailer value reaches a backend that merges trailers into the header namespace, bypassing the documented delete or reject behavior and potentially spoofing identity or forwarded routing data. This issue is fixed in 3.7.13.

Affected

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

v < 3.7.133.2.0 ≤ v < 3.7.13
Affected range stops below 3.7.13, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (4)

x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: cverecord
https://github.com/traefik/traefik/security/advisories/GHSA-v67p-phpq-fc8x
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatch
Source: cverecord
https://github.com/traefik/traefik/pull/13822
x_refsource_MISCRelease Notes
Source: cverecord
https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v3.7.13

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

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

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-436CWE-807

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