CVE-2026-41181CWE-201

Traefik: Errors middleware forwards Authorization and Cookie headers to separate error page service

Medium · published May 15, 2026

CVSS v4.0
6.9
EPSS
1%
Percentile
41.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Traefik is an HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer. Prior to 2.11.44, 3.6.15, and 3.7.0-rc.3, there is an information disclosure vulnerability in Traefik's errors (custom error pages) middleware. When the backend returns a response matching the configured status range, the middleware forwards the original request's complete header set, including Authorization, Cookie, and other authentication material, to the separate error page service rather than only the minimal context needed to render the error page. This behavior is undocumented: the documentation states only that Host is forwarded by default, so operators are not warned that sensitive credentials are shared across service boundaries. Deployments using the errors middleware with a distinct error page service may inadvertently expose end-user credentials to infrastructure that was not intended to receive them. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.11.44, 3.6.15, and 3.7.0-rc.3.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
6.9 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00500 · 41.9th percentile
Weakness
CWE-201 · Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data
Published
2026-05-15T16:27Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 15 MAY 16:27Z
    Traefik: Errors middleware forwards Authorization and Cookie headers to separate error page service
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