Description
Traefik is an HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer. Prior to versions 2.11.38 and 3.6.9, there is a potential vulnerability in Traefik managing TLS handshake on TCP routers. When Traefik processes a TLS connection on a TCP router, the read deadline used to bound protocol sniffing is cleared before the TLS handshake is completed. When a TLS handshake read error occurs, the code attempts a second handshake with different connection parameters, silently ignoring the initial error. A remote unauthenticated client can exploit this by sending an incomplete TLS record and stopping further data transmission, causing the TLS handshake to stall indefinitely and holding connections open. By opening many such stalled connections in parallel, an attacker can exhaust file descriptors and goroutines, degrading availability of all services on the affected entrypoint. This issue has been patched in versions 2.11.38 and 3.6.9.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| traefik | traefik | < 2.11.38, < 3.6.9 | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | traefik | 3.6.10-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2026:10323-1 |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | traefik2 | 2.11.40-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2026:10314-1 |
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1 |
| openSUSE Leap 15.6 | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20260317T205859-150000.1.152.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:1042-1 |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/traefik/traefik | all versions | — | GO-2026-4594 |
| Go | github.com/traefik/traefik/v2 | < 2.11.38 | 2.11.38 | GHSA-xw98-5q62-jx94 |
| Go | github.com/traefik/traefik/v3 | < 3.6.9 | 3.6.9 | GHSA-xw98-5q62-jx94 |
Advisories 4
- openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1 Security update for govulncheck-vulndb SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Jul 31, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2026:1042-1 Security update for govulncheck-vulndb SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Mar 26, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2026:10323-1 traefik-3.6.10-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Mar 23, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2026:10314-1 traefik2-2.11.40-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Mar 10, 2026