Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Traefik - CVE-2026-25949

 

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Traefik - CVE-2026-25949

Published: February 23, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU123131
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-25949
CWE-ID: CWE-770
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Containous
Affected software:
Traefik

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to allocation of resources without limits or throttling within STARTTLS requests on Postgres. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


How to mitigate CVE-2026-25949

Install updates from vendor's website.

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