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SCA: security update for github.com/traefik/traefik/v2, github.com/traefik/traefik/v3 (GHSA-8g85-whqh-cr2f)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 412653

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Traefik is an open source HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer. When Traefik is configured to use the
 `HTTPChallenge` to generate and renew the Let's Encrypt TLS certificates, the delay authorized to solve
 the challenge (50 seconds) can be exploited by attackers to achieve a `slowloris attack`. This
 vulnerability has been patch in version 2.10.6 and 3.0.0-beta5. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable
 to upgrade should replace the `HTTPChallenge` with the `TLSChallenge` or the `DNSChallenge`.
 (CVE-2023-47124)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8g85-whqh-cr2f

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 412653

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.51

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-47124

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/5/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/4/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-47124