Traefik is an open source HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer. Prior to 2.11.56, and from 3.0.0 until 3.7.12, a client-supplied dot-form header such as X.Authenticated.User survives ForwardAuth replacement and underscoreHeadersStrategy because Go treats it as distinct from X-Authenticated-User while normalization-prone CGI, WSGI, PHP, and NGINX backends collapse both names. A backend can consequently consume the client value instead of the identity Traefik asserted, allowing identity spoofing for any header managed by Traefik. The aliasHeadersStrategy protection is disabled by default and must be configured as delete or reject. The mitigation is available in 2.11.56 and 3.7.12.
History

Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-444
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Critical


Tue, 15 Sep 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 14 Sep 2026 21:00:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:traefik:traefik:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}


Fri, 11 Sep 2026 09:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Traefik
Traefik traefik
Vendors & Products Traefik
Traefik traefik

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 15:45:00 +0000

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Description Traefik is an open source HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer. Prior to 2.11.56, and from 3.0.0 until 3.7.12, a client-supplied dot-form header such as X.Authenticated.User survives ForwardAuth replacement and underscoreHeadersStrategy because Go treats it as distinct from X-Authenticated-User while normalization-prone CGI, WSGI, PHP, and NGINX backends collapse both names. A backend can consequently consume the client value instead of the identity Traefik asserted, allowing identity spoofing for any header managed by Traefik. The aliasHeadersStrategy protection is disabled by default and must be configured as delete or reject. The mitigation is available in 2.11.56 and 3.7.12.
Title Traefik: ForwardAuth identity spoofing via dot-form header alias
Weaknesses CWE-290
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2026-09-10T15:31:55.215Z

Updated: 2026-09-15T14:42:22.088Z

Reserved: 2026-09-09T19:19:27.407Z

Link: CVE-2026-88011

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-15T14:42:15.765Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-09-10T16:18:07.933

Modified: 2026-09-15T15:17:24.163

Link: CVE-2026-88011

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Critical

Publid Date: 2026-09-10T15:31:55Z

Links: CVE-2026-88011 - Bugzilla