CVE-2026-32595 — Observable Timing Discrepancy in Traefik
Severity
6.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 97.73%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
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
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
4OSV▶
Traefik Affected by BasicAuth Middleware Timing Attack Allows Username Enumeration in github.com/traefik/traefik↗2026-03-23