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Fencer Vulns
low 3.5

CVE-2022-23469 json

Authorization header displayed in the debug logs

published 2022-12-08 3 y ago modified 2026-08-07 3 mo ago also GHSA-h2ph-vhm7-g4hp , GO-2022-1154 , EUVD-2022-7642

cvss
3.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.0%
EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 64%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Traefik is an open source HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer. Versions prior to 2.9.6 are subject to a potential vulnerability in Traefik displaying the Authorization header in its debug logs. In certain cases, if the log level is set to DEBUG, credentials provided using the Authorization header are displayed in the debug logs. Attackers must have access to a users logging system in order for credentials to be stolen. This issue has been addressed in version 2.9.6. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may set the log level to `INFO`, `WARN`, or `ERROR`.

Patch / fix

  • go github.com/traefik/traefik/v2 2.9.6
  • traefik traefik 2.9.6
  • traefik2 openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.11.5-1.1
  • traefik openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.9.6-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14076-1openSUSE-SU-2024:12615-1

  • traefik Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +4 more 2.9.6-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2022-23469

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
18 mo ago

Exploit prediction

1.04% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 64% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/traefik/traefik/security/advisories/GHSA-h2ph-vhm7-g4hp referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 3.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.1 3.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
go github.com/traefik/traefik/v2
<2.9.6
2.9.6
go github.com/traefik/traefik
all versions
no fix listed

Affected products

  • traefik traefik

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
  • CWE-532 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

References

Sources

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