SB2026050534 - Authentication Bypass by Spoofing in Traefik
Published: May 5, 2026
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Authentication Bypass by Spoofing (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-33433)
The vulnerability allows a remote user to spoof identities to backend services.
The vulnerability exists due to authentication bypass by spoofing in the BasicAuth and DigestAuth authentication middlewares when processing requests with a configured non-canonical headerField header name. A remote privileged user can inject a canonical version of the configured header to spoof identities to backend services.
Exploitation requires headerField to be configured with a non-canonical HTTP header name, and backend services to trust that header for authorization decisions.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.