Traefik HTTP header parsing could cause a denial of serviceGHSA-7hj9-rv74-5g92
HIGHFix: traefik/traefik@4ed3964GHSA-7hj9-rv74-5g92 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.5) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in github.com/traefik/traefik/v2. A fix is available for github.com/traefik/traefik/v2 — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA assesses this as automatable — exploitation doesn’t require manual, per-target effort, which raises the odds of mass scanning and opportunistic attacks.
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for GHSA-7hj9-rv74-5g92.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
Where this sits among everything scored
Real-World Exposure
github.com/traefik/traefik/v2🐹github.com/traefik/traefik/v2Real-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Go packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
Impact
There is a vulnerability in Go when parsing the HTTP headers, which impacts Traefik. HTTP header parsing could allocate substantially more memory than required to hold the parsed headers. This behavior could be exploited to cause a denial of service.
References
Patches
- https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v2.9.10
- https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v2.10.0-rc2
Workarounds
No workaround.
For more information
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Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐹Go | github.com/traefik/traefik/v2 | all versions | 2.9.10go get github.com/traefik/traefik/v2@v2.9.10 |
| 🐹Go | github.com/traefik/traefik/v2 | ≥ 2.10.0-rc1&&< 2.10.0-rc2 | 2.10.0-rc2go get github.com/traefik/traefik/v2@v2.10.0-rc2 |
Affected Products
traefiktraefikDetection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for github.com/traefik/traefik/v2, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update github.com/traefik/traefik/v2 to 2.9.10 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-7hj9-rv74-5g92 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Cap what an attacker can consume: apply request size, rate and timeout limits in front of the affected component, and run it with memory and CPU limits so exhaustion degrades one worker rather than the whole service.
Frequently Asked Questions
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