User Impersonation Affecting github.com/traefik/traefik/v2/pkg/middlewares/auth package, versions <2.11.42
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- published29 Mar 2026
- disclosed27 Mar 2026
- credit0xVijay
Introduced: 27 Mar 2026
CVE-2026-33433 Â (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade github.com/traefik/traefik/v2/pkg/middlewares/auth to version 2.11.42 or higher.
Overview
github.com/traefik/traefik/v2/pkg/middlewares/auth is a Cloud Native Application Proxy.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to User Impersonation through the basicAuth and digestAuth middleware headerField handling in pkg/middlewares/auth/basic_auth.go and pkg/middlewares/auth/digest_auth.go. An attacker can impersonate an arbitrary user identity to backend services by sending a canonical headerField header value alongside valid credentials.
Notes
- The attacker must already authenticate successfully to Traefik with valid Basic or Digest credentials.
- The vulnerable behavior depends on backend applications trusting the configured
headerFieldheader for identity or authorization decisions.