High severity · published Sep 10, 2026
CVE-2026-88004
Traefik entrypoint header-name sanitization bypassed via request trailers
7.4
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Traefik is an open source HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer. From 3.2.0 until 3.7.13, Traefik entrypoint defenses aliasHeadersStrategy, underscoreHeadersStrategy, and forwardedHeaders inspect req.Header but not req.Trailer, allowing an unauthenticated client to submit an aliasing or trusted header name in an HTTP/1.1 chunked trailer or an HTTP/2 trailer. When the retry or buffering middleware reads the body before the reverse proxy clones the request, the attacker-controlled trailer value reaches a backend that merges trailers into the header namespace, bypassing the documented delete or reject behavior and potentially spoofing identity or forwarded routing data. This issue is fixed in 3.7.13.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 39% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TR
traefik · traefik
>= 3.2.0, < 3.7.13 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-88004
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-88004
Patch
https://github.com/traefik/traefik/commit/55bbda4f65e0f9c533c870983a767a7081126db7
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/traefik/traefik/pull/13822
Release Notes
https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v3.7.13
Patch
https://github.com/traefik/traefik/security/advisories/GHSA-v67p-phpq-fc8x
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