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High · 7.5 CVE-2026-29054 EUVD-2026-9848GHSA-92mv-8f8w-wq52GO-2026-4597

Traefik: lowercase `Connection` tokens can delete traefik-managed forwarded identity headers (for example, `X-Real-Ip`)

Published Mar 5, 2026 · Updated Jul 15, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Traefik is an HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer. From version 2.11.9 to 2.11.37 and from version 3.1.3 to 3.6.8, there is a potential vulnerability in Traefik managing the Connection header with X-Forwarded headers. When Traefik processes HTTP/1.1 requests, the protection put in place to prevent the removal of Traefik-managed X-Forwarded headers (such as X-Real-Ip, X-Forwarded-Host, X-Forwarded-Port, etc.) via the Connection header does not handle case sensitivity correctly. The Connection tokens are compared case-sensitively against the protected header names, but the actual header deletion operates case-insensitively. As a result, a remote unauthenticated client can use lowercase Connection tokens (e.g. Connection: x-real-ip) to bypass the protection and trigger the removal of Traefik-managed forwarded identity headers. This issue has been patched in versions 2.11.38 and 3.6.9.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
traefik traefik >= 2.11.9, < 2.11.38, >= 3.1.3, < 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.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
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

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Go github.com/traefik/traefik all versions — GO-2026-4597
Go github.com/traefik/traefik/v2 >= 2.11.9, < 2.11.38 2.11.38 GHSA-92mv-8f8w-wq52
Go github.com/traefik/traefik/v3 >= 3.1.3, < 3.6.9 3.6.9 GHSA-92mv-8f8w-wq52

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