CVE-2026-53622
HIGH
7.8
CVSS 4.0
Description
Traefik is an HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer. Prior to 3.7.3, there is a critical vulnerability in Traefik's HTTP/3 (QUIC) TLS configuration selection that allows unauthenticated clients to bypass router-specific mTLS enforcement. When HTTP/3 is enabled on an entrypoint, the TLS handshake selects the applicable TLS configuration through an exact, case-sensitive lookup on the SNI value, which fails to match wildcard host patterns (e.g., *.example.com) or case variants of the configured hostname. Because the handshake falls back to the default TLS configuration — which may not require client certificates — a client can complete the QUIC handshake without presenting a certificate, while the subsequent HTTP routing layer still dispatches the request to a backend protected by a router-specific mTLS policy. The issue affects deployments where HTTP/3 is enabled, a router uses a wildcard Host rule or case-insensitive hostname matching, a router-specific TLSOptions enforces client certificate authentication, and UDP access to the entrypoint is reachable by an attacker. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.7.3.
Metadata
Severity & Metrics
7.8
HIGH CVSS 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N
Affected products (1)
| Vendor | Product | Platform | Versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| traefik | traefik | — | < 3.7.3 |
Weakness (CWE)
| CWE | Source | Description |
|---|---|---|
| CWE-288 | cna | CWE-288: Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel |
CVSS scores (1)
| Score | Severity | Version | Source | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.8 | HIGH | 4.0 | cna | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N |
References (2)
- https://github.com/traefik/traefik/security/advisories/GHSA-9cr8-q42q-g8m7 https://github.com/traefik/traefik/security/advisories/GHSA-9cr8-q42q-g8m7
- https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v3.7.3 https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v3.7.3