CVE-2026-48491
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. From 3.7.0 until 3.7.3, there is a high severity vulnerability in Traefik's domain-fronting protection (SNICheck) that allows an unauthenticated client to bypass mutual TLS enforced through wildcard router TLSOptions. When a router uses a wildcard host rule such as Host(*.example.com) with stricter TLS options (for example RequireAndVerifyClientCert), SNICheck resolves the TLS options for the HTTP Host header using exact map lookups only and never applies wildcard matching. If another permissive SNI is served on the same entrypoint, an attacker can complete the TLS handshake under the permissive options and then send an HTTP Host header targeting the wildcard-protected backend, reaching it without presenting a client certificate. This affects the regular HTTPS / HTTP-2 path and does not require HTTP/3. This vulnerability is fixed in 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 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/v3.7.3
- https://github.com/traefik/traefik/security/advisories/GHSA-5r4w-85f3-pw66
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-48491
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2491923
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-48491.json



