CVE-2026-29054
Fixed in a distro release EPSS <1%CVSS 7.5
Traefik is an HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer. From version 2.11.9 to 2.11.37 and from version 3.1.3 to 3.6.8, there is a potential vulnerability in Traefik managing the Connection header with X-Forwarded headers. When Traefik processes HTTP/1.1 requests, the protection put in place to prevent the removal of Traefik-managed X-Forwarded headers (such as X-Real-Ip, X-Forwarded-Host, X-Forwarded-Port, etc.) via the Connection header does not handle case sensitivity correctly. The Connection tokens are compared case-sensitively against the protected header names, but the actual header deletion operates case-insensitively. As a result, a remote unauthenticated client can use lowercase Connection tokens (e.g. Connection: x-real-ip) to bypass the protection and trigger the removal of Traefik-managed forwarded identity headers. This issue has been patched in versions 2.11.38 and 3.6.9.
Products: traefik, Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces 3.27
Fixed upstream
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/traefik/traefik | no fix |
| Go | github.com/traefik/traefik/v2 | 2.11.38 |
| Go | github.com/traefik/traefik/v3 | 3.6.9 |
Distro releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Chainguard | traefik-3.5 | no fix |
| Chainguard | traefik-3.5 | 3.5.6-r6 |
| Chainguard | traefik-fips-3.5 | no fix |
| Wolfi | traefik-3.5 | 3.5.6-r6 |
| openSUSE:Leap 15.6 | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20260317T205859-150000.1.152.1 |
| openSUSE:Leap 16.0 | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1 |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | traefik | 3.6.10-1.1 |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | traefik2 | 2.11.40-1.1 |