CVE-2026-121966

Traefik before 2.11.60 and 3.7.16 ForwardAuth NTLM/Negotiate Identity Leak

Published Nov 4, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 7 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Traefik 2.x before 2.11.60 and 3.x before 3.7.16 sends ForwardAuth subrequests (and, in 3.7, Ingress NGINX auth-url requests) through an auth-server connection pool shared by all clients, exposing connection-bound NTLM or Negotiate authentication. An unauthenticated attacker can reuse another user's authenticated connection, receiving the victim's identity via authResponseHeaders to access backends as that user.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Description Traefik 2.x before 2.11.60 and 3.x before 3.7.16 sends ForwardAuth subrequests (and, in 3.7, Ingress NGINX auth-url requests) through an auth-server connection pool shared by all clients, exposing connection-bound NTLM or Negotiate authentication. An unauthenticated attacker can reuse another user's authenticated connection, receiving the victim's identity via authResponseHeaders to access backends as that user.
Title Traefik before 2.11.60 and 3.7.16 ForwardAuth NTLM/Negotiate Identity Leak
First Time appeared Traefik
Traefik traefik
Weaknesses CWE-488
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:traefik:traefik:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Traefik
Traefik traefik
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
VulnCheck
Published
Updated
Nov 4, 2026, 6:17 PM
Reserved
Nov 4, 2026, 12:48 PM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Nov 4, 2026, 4:17 PM
Modified
Nov 4, 2026, 7:17 PM
Severity
Important
Public date
Nov 4, 2026, 3:33 PM