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CVE-2026-88878 (GCVE-0-2026-88878)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-10 13:05 – Updated: 2026-10-08 15:25

Title

Traefik v2.8.2 through v3.6 HTTP/3 Timeout Bypass

Summary

Traefik is an HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer. In versions >= v2.8.2 through <= v2.11.55 and >= v3.0.0 through <= v3.7.11, the entryPoints.<name>.transport.respondingTimeouts settings — notably readTimeout, which is enabled by default at 60s — are not applied to the HTTP/3 request path. readTimeout is enforced as a deadline on the underlying TCP connection, which cannot be applied to a QUIC stream, and Traefik's HTTP/3 server is constructed without any timeout. As a result, on entry points with HTTP/3 enabled, an unauthenticated remote client that trickles request body bytes can hold a request open indefinitely and, with it, one upstream connection per request, exhausting bounded backend connection pools and causing denial of service. The issue was introduced in v2.8.2 when a quic-go API change removed the embedded http.Server that carried these timeouts. Fixed in v2.11.56 and v3.7.12.

Severity

6.9 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

5.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-09-10 14:22 UTC

CWE

CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Assigner

VulnCheck CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard B 84/100 over 7605 records in the last 180 days details

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/traefik/traefik/security/advis…	vendor-advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/traefik-2.8.…	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
traefik	traefik	Affected: 2.8.2 , ≤ 3.7.13 (semver)	guessed
traefik	traefik	Affected: 3.0.0 , ≤ 3.7.13 (semver)	guessed

Date Public

2026-08-27 00:00

Credits

ShadMalloy

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            }
          ],
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FKIE_CVE-2026-88878

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-09-10 14:17 - Updated: 2026-10-08 16:17

Severity

5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Summary

References

	URL	Tags
	disclosure@vulncheck.com	https://github.com/traefik/traefik/security/advisories/GHSA-7ghq-v6jf-g56c	Patch, Vendor Advisory
	disclosure@vulncheck.com	https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/traefik-2.8.2-through-3.6-http-3-timeout-bypass	Third Party Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	traefik	traefik	*
	traefik	traefik	*

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GHSA-C9GW-2969-4FG3

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-10 15:33 – Updated: 2026-09-10 15:33

Details

Traefik is an HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer. In versions >= v2.8.2 through <= v2.11.55 and >= v3.0.0 through <= v3.7.11, the entryPoints..transport.respondingTimeouts settings — notably readTimeout, which is enabled by default at 60s — are not applied to the HTTP/3 request path. readTimeout is enforced as a deadline on the underlying TCP connection, which cannot be applied to a QUIC stream, and Traefik's HTTP/3 server is constructed without any timeout. As a result, on entry points with HTTP/3 enabled, an unauthenticated remote client that trickles request body bytes can hold a request open indefinitely and, with it, one upstream connection per request, exhausting bounded backend connection pools and causing denial of service. The issue was introduced in v2.8.2 when a quic-go API change removed the embedded http.Server that carried these timeouts. Fixed in v2.11.56 and v3.7.12.

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

6.9 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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  ],
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  "id": "GHSA-c9gw-2969-4fg3",
  "modified": "2026-09-10T15:33:17Z",
  "published": "2026-09-10T15:33:17Z",
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/traefik/traefik/security/advisories/GHSA-7ghq-v6jf-g56c"
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-88878"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
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RHSA-2026:90321

Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2026-10-26 14:24 - Updated: 2026-11-07 14:47

Summary

Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces 3.31.0 Release.

Severity

Critical

Scope

105 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2026-88878.

CVE-2026-88878

A flaw was found in Traefik, an HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer. When HTTP/3 is enabled, an unauthenticated remote client can exploit a timeout bypass vulnerability by trickling request body bytes. This allows the client to hold a request open indefinitely, exhausting backend connection pools and leading to a denial of service (DoS) for legitimate users.

7.5 (High)


                
                  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Fixed: 4 products Known not affected: 57 products

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:90321

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