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CVE-2026-41263 json

Traefik: BasicAuth middleware: timing side-channel vulnerability

published 6mo ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2026-26433 , GHSA-6x2q-h3cr-8j2h , GO-2026-5195

cvss
3.7
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 31%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Traefik is an HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer. Prior to versions 2.11.43, 3.6.14, and 3.7.0-rc.2, there is a timing side-channel vulnerability in Traefik's BasicAuth middleware that allows an attacker to enumerate valid usernames through response-time differences. The variable intended to hold a constant-time fallback secret always resolves to an empty string, causing the constant-time comparison to short-circuit in microseconds rather than performing a full bcrypt evaluation. This restores the original timing oracle and makes it possible to distinguish existing users from non-existing ones by measuring authentication response times. This issue has been patched in versions 2.11.43, 3.6.14, and 3.7.0-rc.2.

Patch / fix

  • go github.com/traefik/traefik/v3 3.6.14, 3.7.0-rc.2
  • go github.com/traefik/traefik/v2 2.11.43
  • traefik traefik 2.11.43, 3.6.14, 3.7.0-rc.2
  • govulncheck-vulndb openSUSE Leap 16.0 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1
  • traefik openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.6.15-1.1
  • traefik2 openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.11.44-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1openSUSE-SU-2026:10697-1openSUSE-SU-2026:10698-1

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red hat product security vex CVE-2026-41263 updated cvss 5.3

github.com/traefik/traefik: Traefik: Username enumeration via timing side-channel in BasicAuth middleware

  • Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces devspaces/traefik-rhel9
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
6mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 31% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 6.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N
GitHub 3.1 3.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CNA 4.0 6.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
NVD 3.1 3.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
go github.com/traefik/traefik/v3
>=3.7.0-ea.1, <3.7.0-rc.2
>=3.0.0-beta1, <3.6.14
3.7.0-rc.2
3.6.14
go github.com/traefik/traefik/v2
<2.11.43
2.11.43
go github.com/traefik/traefik
<=1.7.34
all versions
 no fix listed

Affected products

  • traefik traefik

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-208 Observable Timing Discrepancy

References

Sources

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