Resource exhaustion in Traefik

CVE-2022-39271

Traefik (pronounced traffic) is a modern HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer that assists in deploying microservices. There is a potential vulnerability in Traefik managing HTTP/2 connections. A closing HTTP/2 server connection could hang forever because of a subsequent fatal error. This failure mode could be exploited to cause a denial of service. There has been a patch released in versions 2.8.8 and 2.9.0-rc5. There are currently no known workarounds.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.011 (61.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

  • Traefik — versions < 2.8.8, 2.9.0, >= 2.9.0-rc1, < 2.9.0-rc5

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-39271?
CVE-2022-39271 is a high-severity vulnerability in Traefik, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-10-11.
How severe is CVE-2022-39271?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-39271 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.