CVE-2026-32595Observable Timing Discrepancy in Traefik

Severity
6.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 97.73%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedMar 20
Latest updateMar 23

Description

Traefik is an HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer. Versions 2.11.40 and below, 3.0.0-beta1 through 3.6.11, and 3.7.0-ea.1 comtain BasicAuth middleware that allows username enumeration via a timing attack. When a submitted username exists, the middleware performs a bcrypt password comparison taking ~166ms. When the username does not exist, the response returns immediately in ~0.6ms. This ~298x timing difference is observable over the network and allows an unauthenticated attacker to reliably dis

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N

Affected Packages5 packages

CVEListV5traefik/traefik< 2.11.41+2
NVDtraefik/traefik3.0.03.6.11+2
Gogithub.com/traefik_traefik_v33.7.0-ea.13.7.0-ea.2+1

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
Traefik Affected by BasicAuth Middleware Timing Attack Allows Username Enumeration in github.com/traefik/traefik2026-03-23
GHSA
Traefik Affected by BasicAuth Middleware Timing Attack Allows Username Enumeration2026-03-20
CVEList
Traefik: BasicAuth Middleware Timing Attack Allows Username Enumeration2026-03-20
OSV
Traefik Affected by BasicAuth Middleware Timing Attack Allows Username Enumeration2026-03-20

📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
traefik: Traefik: Username enumeration via timing attack in BasicAuth middleware2026-03-20

🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Wiz
CVE-2026-32595 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz
CVE-2026-32595 — Observable Timing Discrepancy | cvebase