CVE-2024-28869

high

Description

Traefik is an HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer. In affected versions sending a GET request to any Traefik endpoint with the "Content-length" request header results in an indefinite hang with the default configuration. This vulnerability can be exploited by attackers to induce a denial of service. This vulnerability has been addressed in version 2.11.2 and 3.0.0-rc5. Users are advised to upgrade. For affected versions, this vulnerability can be mitigated by configuring the readTimeout option.

References

https://github.com/traefik/traefik/security/advisories/GHSA-4vwx-54mw-vqfw

https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v3.0.0-rc5

https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v2.11.2

https://github.com/traefik/traefik/commit/240b83b77351dfd8cadb91c305b84e9d22e0f9c6

https://doc.traefik.io/traefik/routing/entrypoints/#respondingtimeouts

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-04-12

Updated: 2025-11-26

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00568