CVE-2021-32813
low-risk
Published 2021-08-03
Traefik is an HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer. Prior to version 2.4.13, there exists a potential header vulnerability in Traefik's handling of the Connection header. Active exploitation of this issue is unlikely, as it requires that a removed header would lead to a privilege escalation, however, the Traefik team has addressed this issue to prevent any potential abuse. If one has a chain of Traefik middlewares, and one of them sets a request header, then sending a request with a certain Connection header will cause it to be removed before the request is sent. In this case, the backend does not see the request header. A patch is available in version 2.4.13. There are no known workarounds aside from upgrading.
Do I need to act?
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0.38% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 4.8/10
Medium
NETWORK
/ HIGH complexity
Affected Products (1)
Affected Vendors
References (6)
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v2.4.13
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/traefik/traefik/security/advisories/GHSA-m697-4v8f-55qg
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v2.4.13
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/traefik/traefik/security/advisories/GHSA-m697-4v8f-55qg
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/ 100
low-risk
Severity
15/34 · Moderate
Exploitability
1/34 · Minimal
Exposure
5/34 · Minimal