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CVE-2025-66491GO-2025-4205GHSA-7VWW-MVCR-X6VJ

Traefik has Inverted TLS Verification Logic in its ingress-nginx Provider

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 3.6.3
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

Traefik is an HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer. Versions 3.5.0 through 3.6.2 have inverted TLS verification logic in the nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-ssl-verify annotation. Setting the annotation to "on" (intending to enable backend TLS certificate verification) actually disables verification, allowing man-in-the-middle attacks against HTTPS backends when operators believe they are protected. This issue is fixed in version 3.6.3.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • traefik traefik

    From 3.5.0 · fixed in 3.6.3

  • github.com/traefik/traefikGo

    All versions

  • github.com/traefik/traefik/v2Go

    All versions

  • github.com/traefik/traefik/v3Go

    From 3.5.0 · fixed in 3.6.3

References 3

GitHub · traefik/traefik