Medium severity · published Jul 30, 2020
CVE-2020-15129
In Traefik before versions 1.7.26, 2.2.8, and 2.3.0-rc3, there exists a potential open redirect vulnerability in Traefik's handling of the "X-Forwarded-Prefix" header
4.7
CVSS
8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Traefik before versions 1.7.26, 2.2.8, and 2.3.0-rc3, there exists a potential open redirect vulnerability in Traefik's handling of the "X-Forwarded-Prefix" header. The Traefik API dashboard component doesn't validate that the value of the header "X-Forwarded-Prefix" is a site relative path and will redirect to any header provided URI. Successful exploitation of an open redirect can be used to entice victims to disclose sensitive information. Active Exploitation of this issue is unlikely as it would require active header injection, however the Traefik team addressed this issue nonetheless to prevent abuse in e.g. cache poisoning scenarios.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)8.0% · higher than 95% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TR
Traefik · Traefik
before 1.7.26; 2.2.0 before 2.2.8; 2.3.0; 2.3.0; 2.3.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15129
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-15129
Patch
https://github.com/containous/traefik/commit/e63db782c11c7b8bfce30be4c902e7ef8f9f33d2
Patch
https://github.com/containous/traefik/pull/7109
Release Notes
https://github.com/containous/traefik/releases/tag/v1.7.26
Release Notes
https://github.com/containous/traefik/releases/tag/v2.2.8
Release Notes
https://github.com/containous/traefik/releases/tag/v2.3.0-rc3
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/containous/traefik/security/advisories/GHSA-6qq8-5wq3-86rp
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