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CVE-2024-28869 High

Traefik vulnerable to denial of service with Content-length header in github.com/traefik/traefik

Traefik vulnerable to denial of service with Content-length header in github.com/traefik/traefik

Exploit probability 1.0%
Published June 5, 2024
Required by Not available
Last source change August 7, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

Go github.com/traefik/traefik
Go github.com/traefik/traefik/v2
Go github.com/traefik/traefik/v3
Go github.com/traefik/traefik
Go github.com/traefik/traefik/v2
Go github.com/traefik/traefik/v3
Unknown Unknown

239 explicit affected versions

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities CVE-2024-28869

Traefik is an HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer. In affected versions sending a GET request to any Traefik endpoint with the "Content-length" request header results in an indefinite hang with the default configuration. This vulnerability can be exploited by attackers to induce a denial of service. This vulnerability has been addressed in version 2.11.2 and 3.0.0-rc5. Users are advised to upgrade. For affected versions, this vulnerability can be mitigated by configuring the readTimeout option.

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Open Source Vulnerabilities GHSA-4vwx-54mw-vqfw

There is a potential vulnerability in Traefik managing requests with `Content-length` and no `body` . Sending a `GET` request to any Traefik endpoint with the `Content-length` request header results in an indefinite hang with the default configuration. This vulnerability can be exploited by attackers to induce a denial of service. ## Patches - https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v2.11.2 - https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v3.0.0-rc5 ## Workarounds For affected versions, this vulnerability can be mitigated by configuring the [readTimeout](https://doc.traefik.io/traefik/routing/entrypoints/#respondingtimeouts) option. ## For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, please [open an issue](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/issues).

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Open Source Vulnerabilities GO-2024-2722

Traefik vulnerable to denial of service with Content-length header in github.com/traefik/traefik

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence