# CVE-2025-66491: Traefik has Inverted TLS Verification Logic in its ingress-nginx Provider

- Also known as: GO-2025-4205, GHSA-7VWW-MVCR-X6VJ
- Severity: CVSS 5.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.6.3
- Published: 2025-12-09 · Updated: 2025-12-09

## Affected

- traefik: from 3.5.0, fixed in 3.6.3
- github.com/traefik/traefik (Go): all versions
- github.com/traefik/traefik/v2 (Go): all versions
- github.com/traefik/traefik/v3 (Go): from 3.5.0, fixed in 3.6.3

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on traefik, github.com/traefik/traefik, github.com/traefik/traefik/v2 or the other affected packages, upgrade to a fixed version (3.6.3) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/traefik/traefik/security/advisories/GHSA-7vww-mvcr-x6vj
- https://github.com/traefik/traefik/commit/14a1aedf5704673d875d210d7bacf103a43c77e4
- https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v3.6.3

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