---
id: CVE-2026-88877
title: Traefik is a HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer
summary: >-
  Traefik is a HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer. In versions >= v3.7.0 and
  <= v3.7.11, the Kubernetes ingress-nginx provider mishandles Ingresses that
  carry both an authentication annotation and the
  nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/from-to-…
severity: critical
cvss: 9.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-639
vendor: traefik
product: traefik
affected:
  - 'traefik >= 3.7.0, < 3.7.12'
patched:
  - traefik 3.7.12
published: '2026-09-10'
updated: '2026-09-14'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-14T19:57:56.327'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-88877'
references:
  - url: 'https://github.com/traefik/traefik/security/advisories/GHSA-cjr6-pf59-jq29'
    label: disclosure@vulncheck.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/traefik-3.7.0-authentication-bypass-via-from-to-www-redirect
    label: disclosure@vulncheck.com
  - url: >-
      https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-88877.json
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-88877'
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2531428'
  - url: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-88877'
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-88877'
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
  - csaf
  - vex
  - red-hat
  - exploit-available
epss: 0.00649
epssPercentile: 0.48961
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'yes'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-09-10T14:09:57.234385Z'
scores:
  nvd: 9.8
  vendor: 9.1
  cna: 9.8
ingestedAt: '2026-09-13T18:52:02.978Z'
exploits:
  github: 1
  githubRepos:
    - 'https://github.com/pwnVader/CVE-2026-88877-PoC-pwnVader'
  checkedAt: '2026-09-26T09:06:04.425Z'
exploitAvailable: true
---

## Overview

Traefik is a HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer. In versions >= v3.7.0 and <= v3.7.11, the Kubernetes ingress-nginx provider mishandles Ingresses that carry both an authentication annotation and the nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/from-to-www-redirect annotation. For such Ingresses the provider creates an additional 'sibling' router that matches on the host alone, carries only the RedirectRegex middleware, and still points at the parent router's protected backend service. Because RedirectRegex is not a terminal handler, a request its pattern does not match is forwarded to the backend, and because the redirect pattern only accepts a numeric port while Traefik's host matcher canonicalizes the authority via net.SplitHostPort, a request with a non-numeric or empty port (for example 'Host: www.example.com:x') selects the sibling router, misses the redirect, and is proxied to the protected backend with none of the Ingress's annotation-derived middlewares applied. This discards not only authentication (e.g. BasicAuth) but every annotation-derived middleware, including source-IP allowlisting. Traefik v2 and v3 releases before v3.7.0 are not affected. The issue is fixed in v3.7.12.

## Affected

- `traefik >= 3.7.0, < 3.7.12`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `traefik 3.7.12`

## Vendor advisories

- **Red Hat VEX** · Critical · updated 2026-09-12 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-88877.json)