Traefik is an HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer. Prior to versions 2.11.43, 3.6.14, and 3.7.0-rc.2, there is a timing side-channel vulnerability in Traefik's BasicAuth middleware that allows an attacker to enumerate valid usernames through response-time differences. The variable intended to hold a constant-time fallback secret always resolves to an empty string, causing the constant-time comparison to short-circuit in microseconds rather than performing a full bcrypt evaluation. This restores the original timing oracle and makes it possible to distinguish existing users from non-existing ones by measuring authentication response times. This issue has been patched in versions 2.11.43, 3.6.14, and 3.7.0-rc.2.
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| Description | Traefik is an HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer. Prior to versions 2.11.43, 3.6.14, and 3.7.0-rc.2, there is a timing side-channel vulnerability in Traefik's BasicAuth middleware that allows an attacker to enumerate valid usernames through response-time differences. The variable intended to hold a constant-time fallback secret always resolves to an empty string, causing the constant-time comparison to short-circuit in microseconds rather than performing a full bcrypt evaluation. This restores the original timing oracle and makes it possible to distinguish existing users from non-existing ones by measuring authentication response times. This issue has been patched in versions 2.11.43, 3.6.14, and 3.7.0-rc.2. | |
| Title | Traefik: BasicAuth middleware: timing side-channel vulnerability | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-208 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published: 2026-04-30T20:39:49.658Z
Updated: 2026-04-30T20:39:49.658Z
Reserved: 2026-04-18T14:01:46.801Z
Link: CVE-2026-41263
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-04-30T21:16:33.390
Modified: 2026-04-30T21:16:33.390
Link: CVE-2026-41263
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