CVE-2026-48020
Severity CVSS v4.0:
HIGH
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
23/06/2026
Last modified:
15/07/2026
Description
Traefik is an HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer. Prior to 2.11.48, 3.6.19, and 3.7.3, there is a high severity vulnerability in Traefik's StripPrefix middleware that allows an unauthenticated attacker to bypass route-level authentication and authorization. When a public router matches on a PathPrefix rule and applies the StripPrefix middleware, a request path containing .. or its percent-encoded form %2e%2e can match the public route at routing time and then, after the prefix is stripped and the path is normalized, resolve to a path served by a separate, authenticated router. As a result, an attacker can reach protected backend paths — such as admin or internal configuration endpoints — without satisfying the authentication middleware attached to the protected router. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.11.48, 3.6.19, and 3.7.3.
Impact
Base Score 4.0
7.80
Severity 4.0
HIGH
Base Score 3.x
10.00
Severity 3.x
CRITICAL
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:traefik:traefik:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2.11.48 (excluding) | |
| cpe:2.3:a:traefik:traefik:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.0.0 (including) | 3.6.19 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:a:traefik:traefik:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.7.0 (including) | 3.7.3 (excluding) |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v2.11.48
- https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v3.6.19
- https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v3.7.3
- https://github.com/traefik/traefik/security/advisories/GHSA-xf64-8mw2-4gr2
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-48020
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2491915
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-48020.json