GHSA-r3fq-cmmw-cpmm CVE-2019-12452 GO-2023-1919
Containous Traefik Exposes Password Hashes
- Severity
- 7.5 / 10
- High · CVSS 3.0
- Exploit chance (EPSS)
- 2.54%
- Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Higher than 84.99% of scored vulnerabilities.
- Known exploited
- No
- Not in CISA's catalog
- Weakness
- CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials
- Fix
1.7.12- Upgrade github.com/traefik/traefik to this version or later
Description
types/types.go in Containous Traefik 1.7.x through 1.7.11, when the --api flag is used and the API is publicly reachable and exposed without sufficient access control (which is contrary to the API documentation), allows remote authenticated users to discover password hashes by reading the Basic HTTP Authentication or Digest HTTP Authentication section, or discover a key by reading the ClientTLS section. These can be found in the JSON response to a /api request.
Affected versions
Go
| Package | Vulnerable | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| github.com/traefik/traefik | >= 1.7.0, < 1.7.12 |
1.7.12 |
How to fix
Move to the fixed version or later with your package manager, update the lockfile, and run your tests. If the package only arrives through another dependency, upgrade that dependency first. If none of its releases pulls a fixed version yet, force the version with your package manager's override.
github.com/traefik/traefik Go → 1.7.12
- go
go get github.com/traefik/traefik@v1.7.12 && go mod tidy
Severity breakdown
CVSS 3.0 7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- High
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Weakness
CWE-522: Insufficiently Protected Credentials
The product transmits or stores authentication credentials, but it uses an insecure method that is susceptible to unauthorized interception and/or retrieval.
How to prevent it
- Architecture and Design: Use an appropriate security mechanism to protect the credentials.
- Architecture and Design: Make appropriate use of cryptography to protect the credentials.
- Implementation: Use industry standards to protect the credentials (e.g. LDAP, keystore, etc.).
References
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Timeline
- Published
- Last updated by the source
- Latest EPSS score
Related advisories
| Advisory | Severity | Why it's related |
|---|---|---|
| GO-2026-6558 Traefik: BasicAuth singleflight coalescing reintroduces an unauthenticated username-enumeration timing oracle | Medium | Also affects github.com/traefik/traefik |
| GHSA-f52w-8j3h-j724 Traefik: Rootless HTTP/1 request-target routes as "/" but is forwarded verbatim, bypassing path-scoped routing, middleware guards and access logging | High | Also affects github.com/traefik/traefik |
| GHSA-w4v4-9rw7-5326 Traefik: Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request/Response Smuggling') and Incorrect Authorization | Critical | Also affects github.com/traefik/traefik |
| GHSA-qqjf-53cj-pwvv Traefik HTTP/3 Backend NTLM Connection Reuse | Critical | Also affects github.com/traefik/traefik |
| GO-2026-6467 Traefik entrypoint header-name sanitization bypassed via request trailers | High | Also affects github.com/traefik/traefik |
| GHSA-rf44-j88r-hh8c Traefik: ForwardAuth identity spoofing via dot-form header alias | High | Also affects github.com/traefik/traefik |
| GHSA-7ghq-v6jf-g56c Traefik: respondingTimeouts.readTimeout is not applied to HTTP/3, leaving slow-body uploads unbounded | Medium | Also affects github.com/traefik/traefik |
| GHSA-62fc-8686-hfmq Traefik: `allowCrossNamespace=false` bypass via `@kubernetescrd` TraefikService backendRef | Medium | Also affects github.com/traefik/traefik |
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