CVE-2026-22045

Traefik's ACME TLS-ALPN fast path lacks timeouts and close on handshake stall

Published Jan 15, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 5.9 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Traefik is an HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer. Prior to 2.11.35 and 3.6.7, there is a potential vulnerability in Traefik ACME TLS certificates' automatic generation: the ACME TLS-ALPN fast path can allow unauthenticated clients to tie up go routines and file descriptors indefinitely when the ACME TLS challenge is enabled. A malicious client can open many connections, send a minimal ClientHello with acme-tls/1, then stop responding, leading to denial of service of the entry point. The vulnerability is fixed in 2.11.35 and 3.6.7.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-cwjm-3f7h-9hwq Traefik's ACME TLS-ALPN fast path lacks timeouts and close on handshake stall
History
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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:traefik:traefik:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Metrics ssvc

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

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First Time appeared Traefik
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Vendors & Products Traefik
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Description Traefik is an HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer. Prior to 2.11.35 and 3.6.7, there is a potential vulnerability in Traefik ACME TLS certificates' automatic generation: the ACME TLS-ALPN fast path can allow unauthenticated clients to tie up go routines and file descriptors indefinitely when the ACME TLS challenge is enabled. A malicious client can open many connections, send a minimal ClientHello with acme-tls/1, then stop responding, leading to denial of service of the entry point. The vulnerability is fixed in 2.11.35 and 3.6.7.
Title Traefik's ACME TLS-ALPN fast path lacks timeouts and close on handshake stall
Weaknesses CWE-770
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Jan 20, 2026, 4:29 PM
Reserved
Jan 5, 2026, 10:30 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Jan 15, 2026, 11:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 10:19 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jan 15, 2026, 10:44 PM