CVEvulnerability
CVE-2024-28869
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2024-04-12
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-755
Description
Traefik is an HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer. In affected versions sending a GET request to any Traefik endpoint with the "Content-length" request header results in an indefinite hang with the default configuration. This vulnerability can be exploited by attackers to induce a denial of service. This vulnerability has been addressed in version 2.11.2 and 3.0.0-rc5. Users are advised to upgrade. For affected versions, this vulnerability can be mitigated by configuring the readTimeout option.
Affected configurations
• traefik traefik (< 2.11.2)
• traefik traefik 3.0.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-755 Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions weakness
References
- https://doc.traefik.io/traefik/routing/entrypoints/#respondingtimeouts Product
- https://github.com/traefik/traefik/commit/240b83b77351dfd8cadb91c305b84e9d22e0f9c6 Patch
- https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v2.11.2 Release Notes
- https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v3.0.0-rc5 Release Notes
- https://github.com/traefik/traefik/security/advisories/GHSA-4vwx-54mw-vqfw Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://doc.traefik.io/traefik/routing/entrypoints/#respondingtimeouts Product
- https://github.com/traefik/traefik/commit/240b83b77351dfd8cadb91c305b84e9d22e0f9c6 Patch
- https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v2.11.2 Release Notes
- https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v3.0.0-rc5 Release Notes
- https://github.com/traefik/traefik/security/advisories/GHSA-4vwx-54mw-vqfw Patch, Vendor Advisory