Traefik docker container using 100% CPU
### Summary The traefik docker container uses 100% CPU when it serves as its own backend, which is an automatically generated route resulting from the Docker integration in the default configuration. ### Details While attempting to set up Traefik to handle traffic for Docker containers, I observed in the webUI a rule with the following information: `Host(traefik-service) | webwebsecure | traefik-service@docker | traefik-service` I assumed that this is something internal; however, I wondered why it would have a host rule on the web entrypoint configured. So I have send a request with that hostname with `curl -v --resolve "traefik-service:80:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" http://traefik-service`. That made my whole server unresponsive. I assume the name comes from a docker container with that name, traefik itself: ``` localhost ~ # docker ps CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES d1414e74aec7 traefik:v2.10 "/entrypoint.sh trae…" 4 minutes ago Up 4 minutes 0.0.0.0:80->80/tcp, :::80->80/tcp, 0.0.0.0:443->443/tcp, :::443->443/tcp, 127.0.0.1:8080->8080/tcp traefik.service ``` ### PoC 1. Start traefik with `docker run --rm -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -p 80:80 --name foo -p 8080:8080 traefik:v2.10 --api.insecure=true --providers.docker` 2. `curl -v --resolve "foo:80:127.0.0.1" http://foo` looks like this creates an endless loop of request. Knowing the name of the docker container seems to be enough to trigger this, if the docker backend is used. ### Impact Server is unreachable and uses 100% CPU
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
222 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Traefik is an open source HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer. The traefik docker container uses 100% CPU when it serves as its own backend, which is an automatically generated route resulting from the Docker integration in the default configuration. This issue has been addressed in versions 2.10.6 and 3.0.0-beta5. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
Traefik docker container using 100% CPU in github.com/traefik/traefik
### Summary The traefik docker container uses 100% CPU when it serves as its own backend, which is an automatically generated route resulting from the Docker integration in the default configuration. ### Details While attempting to set up Traefik to handle traffic for Docker containers, I observed in the webUI a rule with the following information: `Host(traefik-service) | webwebsecure | traefik-service@docker | traefik-service` I assumed that this is something internal; however, I wondered why it would have a host rule on the web entrypoint configured. So I have send a request with that hostname with `curl -v --resolve "traefik-service:80:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" http://traefik-service`. That made my whole server unresponsive. I assume the name comes from a docker container with that name, traefik itself: ``` localhost ~ # docker ps CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES d1414e74aec7 traefik:v2.10 "/entrypoint.sh trae…" 4 minutes ago Up 4 minutes 0.0.0.0:80->80/tcp, :::80->80/tcp, 0.0.0.0:443->443/tcp, :::443->443/tcp, 127.0.0.1:8080->8080/tcp traefik.service ``` ### PoC 1. Start traefik with `docker run --rm -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -p 80:80 --name foo -p 8080:8080 traefik:v2.10 --api.insecure=true --providers.docker` 2. `curl -v --resolve "foo:80:127.0.0.1" http://foo` looks like this creates an endless loop of request. Knowing the name of the docker container seems to be enough to trigger this, if the docker backend is used. ### Impact Server is unreachable and uses 100% CPU
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/47xxx/CVE-2023-47633.json
- https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v2.10.6
- https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v3.0.0-beta5
- https://github.com/traefik/traefik/security/advisories/GHSA-6fwg-jrfw-ff7p
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-47633
- https://github.com/traefik/traefik