Traefik: Gateway API route identity collision allows cross-namespace backend hijacking
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat.
Summary
Traefik is an open source HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer. From 3.0.0 until 3.6.25 and 3.7.10, Traefik's Kubernetes Gateway API provider in pkg/provider/kubernetes/gateway/httproute.go, grpcroute.go, tcproute.go, and tlsroute.go builds HTTPRoute, GRPCRoute, TCPRoute, and TLSRoute router and service identities by hyphen-concatenating namespace, route name, Gateway identity, entry point, and rule index, allowing colliding Routes to overwrite another namespace's backend. This issue is fixed in 3.6.25 and 3.7.10.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| traefik | traefik | 3.0.0 to before 3.6.25; 3.7.0 to before 3.7.10 | 3.6.25, 3.7.10 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | github.com/traefik/traefik/v3 (Go) | 3.0.0 to before 3.6.25 | 3.6.25 | Patch available | GHSA-fgjj-px3w-67xx |
| — | github.com/traefik/traefik/v3 (Go) | 3.7.0 to before 3.7.10 | 3.7.10 | Patch available | GHSA-fgjj-px3w-67xx |
- traefik Vendortraefik Affected 3.0.0 to before 3.6.25; 3.7.0 to before 3.7.10 Fixed in 3.6.25, 3.7.10 Patch available CNA
- github.com/traefik/traefik/v3 (Go) Vendor— Affected 3.0.0 to before 3.6.25 Fixed in 3.6.25 Patch available GHSA-fgjj-px3w-67xx
- github.com/traefik/traefik/v3 (Go) Vendor— Affected 3.7.0 to before 3.7.10 Fixed in 3.7.10 Patch available GHSA-fgjj-px3w-67xx
Remediation
- Fix · CNA traefik (traefik) Fixed in 3.6.25, 3.7.10
- Fix · GHSA-fgjj-px3w-67xx github.com/traefik/traefik/v3 (Go) Fixed in 3.6.25 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-fgjj-px3w-67xx github.com/traefik/traefik/v3 (Go) Fixed in 3.7.10 Advisory →
Red Hat 1 advisory
- RHSA-2026:90321 Released 2026-10-26 · Red Hat rating CriticalRed Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces 3.31.0 Release.
- Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces 3.31 registry.redhat.io/devspaces/code-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/devspaces/dashboard-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/devspaces/jetbrains-ide-rhel9 +8
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces 3.31 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:90321 |
Not affected: 2 products
- Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces 3.31
- Red Hat OpenShift GitOps
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-71327
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fgjj-px3w-67xx
- 2026-10-29 Fix available: Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces 3.31 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: RHSA-2026:90321 · Red Hat
References
Patch 5
- https://github.com/traefik/traefik/security/advisories/GHSA-fgjj-px3w-67xx
- https://github.com/traefik/traefik/pull/13580
- https://github.com/traefik/traefik/commit/a764166656f0cd337f917ac76315c381cca844f9
- https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v3.6.25
- https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v3.7.10
More Traefik vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-23979 The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2023-25774 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Traefik CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2025-40914 Traefik doesn't Prevent Path Normalization Bypass in Router + Middleware Rules CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2022-07529 Authorization header displayed in the debug logs CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2024-30459 HTTP client can remove the X-Forwarded headers in Traefik CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-60261 Traefik v3.7.0 Authentication Bypass via from-to-www-redirect CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
Sources
- CVE-2026-71327 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-71327 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-fgjj-px3w-67xx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-71327 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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