Authentication bypass in Traefik via shared Negotiate connection pool
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-287.
Summary
Traefik from 2.11.0 before 2.11.58 and from 3.0.0 before 3.7.14 contains an authentication bypass (CWE-287). A socket authenticated with an Authorization: Negotiate token is placed in a globally shared backend connection pool that is never isolated. An unauthenticated remote attacker on separate frontend connections can be assigned that socket and read or write data with the victim's identity.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
Description from the CNA
Traefik 2.11.0 before 2.11.58 and 3.0.0 before 3.7.14 contains an authentication bypass because a first request preauthenticated with an Authorization: Negotiate token authenticates a socket in the globally shared backend connection pool, which is never isolated. Unauthenticated attackers on separate frontend connections can be assigned that NTLM/Kerberos-bound socket and perform reads or writes with the victim's identity.
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
Remediation
Upgrade to Traefik 2.11.58 or 3.7.14, depending on the release line in use. CISA KEV and public exploit data are not listed for this flaw in the sources.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
- Fix · CNA traefik (traefik) Fixed in 2.11.58
- Fix · CNA traefik (traefik) Fixed in 3.7.14
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
traefik 3.7.14
8 records Highest priority Priority LOW 8 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-79149 Authentication bypass in Traefik FastProxy connection poolPriority LOW 33
- TI-2026-79152 Traefik Ingress-NGINX provider lets attackers spoof mTLS client headersPriority LOW 32
- TI-2026-79148 Traefik Authentication Bypass via ssl-passthrough Ingress HTTP RouterPriority LOW 32
- Release ·
traefik 2.11.58
5 records Highest priority Priority LOW 5 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-79147 Authentication bypass in Traefik SNI check via HTTP/2 schemePriority LOW 32
- TI-2026-79154 Traefik lets one service bypass another's TLS certificate checksPriority LOW 30
- TI-2026-79155 Authentication bypass in Traefik lets clients skip mTLS checksPriority LOW 29
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-22 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-114639
- 2026-10-22 Alias added: GHSA-wx2g-x89x-v9j3
- 2026-10-23 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-11-04 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-11-06 CVSS score added · Red Hat
References
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-2026-114639 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-114639 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wx2g-x89x-v9j3 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-114639 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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