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archivevulnerability · 10 Sep 2026 · 23:04 UTC

GHSA-w4v4-9rw7-5326: Traefik: Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request/Response Smuggling') and Incorrect Author

VULNCVE-2026-88008source · GTH
HIGHHigh-risk vulnerability

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## Summary There is a high-severity request-smuggling vulnerability in Traefik's handling of the HTTP/1.1 `Upgrade` mechanism. Since Traefik moved to unencrypted HTTP/2 with prior knowledge (Go 1.24), a client-initiated `Upgrade: h2c` request header and its connection-specific `HTTP2-Settings` header were forwarded to the backend. A backend that honours the h2c upgrade and answers `101 Switching Protocols` puts Traefik into a raw byte tunnel that bypasses the router and the entire middleware chain (authentication, IPAllowList, rate limiting) on a shared backend. …

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