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Medium · 6.3 CVE-2026-41263 EUVD-2026-26433GHSA-6x2q-h3cr-8j2hGO-2026-5195

Traefik: BasicAuth middleware: timing side-channel vulnerability

Published Apr 30, 2026 · Updated May 1, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Traefik is an HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer. Prior to versions 2.11.43, 3.6.14, and 3.7.0-rc.2, there is a timing side-channel vulnerability in Traefik's BasicAuth middleware that allows an attacker to enumerate valid usernames through response-time differences. The variable intended to hold a constant-time fallback secret always resolves to an empty string, causing the constant-time comparison to short-circuit in microseconds rather than performing a full bcrypt evaluation. This restores the original timing oracle and makes it possible to distinguish existing users from non-existing ones by measuring authentication response times. This issue has been patched in versions 2.11.43, 3.6.14, and 3.7.0-rc.2.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
traefik traefik < 2.11.43, >= 3.0.0-beta1, < 3.6.14, >= 3.7.0-ea.1, < 3.7.0-rc.2 —

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 3.6.15-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:10697-1
openSUSE Tumbleweed traefik2 2.11.44-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:10698-1
openSUSE Leap 16.0 govulncheck-vulndb 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Go github.com/traefik/traefik <= 1.7.34 — GHSA-6x2q-h3cr-8j2h
Go github.com/traefik/traefik all versions — GO-2026-5195
Go github.com/traefik/traefik/v2 < 2.11.43 2.11.43 GHSA-6x2q-h3cr-8j2h
Go github.com/traefik/traefik/v3 >= 3.7.0-ea.1, < 3.7.0-rc.2 3.7.0-rc.2 GHSA-6x2q-h3cr-8j2h
Go github.com/traefik/traefik/v3 >= 3.0.0-beta1, < 3.6.14 3.6.14 GHSA-6x2q-h3cr-8j2h
Go github.com/traefik/traefik/v3 >= 3.0.0-beta1, < 3.6.14 · >= 3.7.0-ea.1, < 3.7.0-rc.2 3.6.14, 3.7.0-rc.2 GO-2026-5195

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