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CVE-2026-54761
Published:June 23, 2026
Updated:June 29, 2026
Traefik is an HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer. Prior to 3.6.21 and 3.7.5, there is a high severity vulnerability in Traefik's Kubernetes Gateway provider affecting the crossProviderNamespaces allowlist. For HTTPRoute rules that declare multiple (WRR) backendRefs, Traefik evaluates the allowlist against the target backendRef.namespace instead of the route's own namespace. As a result, an HTTPRoute created in a namespace that is not allow-listed can reference a cross-provider TraefikService such as api@internal, dashboard@internal or rest@internal by pointing backendRef.namespace at an allow-listed namespace covered by a Gateway API ReferenceGrant, exposing internal Traefik services on the data plane. Exploitation requires the ability to create an accepted HTTPRoute and a matching ReferenceGrant from an allow-listed namespace; it does not require any change to Traefik static configuration, RBAC, or the deployment itself. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.6.21 and 3.7.5.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/traefik/traefik.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v3.0.0 <v3.4.1
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v3.4.1
github.com/traefik/traefik/v3 (GO):
Affected version(s) >=v3.7.0-ea.1 <v3.7.5
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v3.7.5
github.com/traefik/traefik/v3 (GO):
Affected version(s) >=v3.0.0-beta2.0.20230203142405-044dc6a221a1 <v3.6.21
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v3.6.21
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
6
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
PRESENT
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
LOW
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.1
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Incorrect Authorization
Improper Access Control
EPSS
Base Score:
0.32