CVE-2026-29054Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity in Traefik Traefik V2

Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 97.57%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedMar 5
Latest updateMar 10

Description

Traefik is an HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer. From version 2.11.9 to 2.11.37 and from version 3.1.3 to 3.6.8, there is a potential vulnerability in Traefik managing the Connection header with X-Forwarded headers. When Traefik processes HTTP/1.1 requests, the protection put in place to prevent the removal of Traefik-managed X-Forwarded headers (such as X-Real-Ip, X-Forwarded-Host, X-Forwarded-Port, etc.) via the Connection header does not handle case sensitivity correctly. The Connection to

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

NVDtraefik/traefik2.11.92.11.38+1
Gogithub.com/traefik_traefik_v22.11.92.11.38
Gogithub.com/traefik_traefik_v33.1.33.6.9
CVEListV5traefik/traefik>= 2.11.9, < 2.11.38, >= 3.1.3, < 3.6.9+1

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
traefik CVE-2024-45410 fix bypass: lowercase `Connection` tokens can delete traefik-managed forwarded identity headers (for example, `X-Real-Ip`) in github.com/traefik/traefik2026-03-10
CVEList
Traefik: lowercase `Connection` tokens can delete traefik-managed forwarded identity headers (for example, `X-Real-Ip`)2026-03-05
GHSA
traefik CVE-2024-45410 fix bypass: lowercase `Connection` tokens can delete traefik-managed forwarded identity headers (for example, `X-Real-Ip`)2026-03-04
OSV
traefik CVE-2024-45410 fix bypass: lowercase `Connection` tokens can delete traefik-managed forwarded identity headers (for example, `X-Real-Ip`)2026-03-04

📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
github.com/traefik/traefik: Traefik: Information disclosure due to case-insensitive Connection header processing2026-03-05

🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Wiz
CVE-2026-29054 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz
CVE-2026-29054 — Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity | cvebase