Medium severity · published Dec 8, 2022
CVE-2022-23469
Traefik is an open source HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer
6.5
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Traefik is an open source HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer. Versions prior to 2.9.6 are subject to a potential vulnerability in Traefik displaying the Authorization header in its debug logs. In certain cases, if the log level is set to DEBUG, credentials provided using the Authorization header are displayed in the debug logs. Attackers must have access to a users logging system in order for credentials to be stolen. This issue has been addressed in version 2.9.6. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may set the log level to `INFO`, `WARN`, or `ERROR`.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.0% · higher than 64% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TR
Traefik · Traefik
before 2.9.6 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23469
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-23469
Patch
https://github.com/traefik/traefik/pull/9574
Release Notes
https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v2.9.6
Exploit
https://github.com/traefik/traefik/security/advisories/GHSA-h2ph-vhm7-g4hp
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