# CVE-2026-50149: Contour has Improper JWT Verification for Non-SNI Requests on Virtual Hosts with Fallback Certificate Enabled

- Also known as: GHSA-G3XR-5W5J-W4Q4, BIT-CONTOUR-2026-50149, GO-2026-5889
- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.33.5
- Published: 2026-08-19 · Updated: 2026-08-25

## Affected

- projectcontour contour: from 1.23.0, fixed in 1.33.5
- github.com/projectcontour/contour (Go): from 1.23.0, fixed in 1.33.5

## Description

Contour is a Kubernetes ingress controller using Envoy proxy. In versions 1.23.0 through 1.33.4, when an `HTTPProxy` is configured with incompatible combination of both `.spec.virtualhost.tls.enableFallbackCertificate: true` and `.spec.virtualhost.jwtProviders`, Contour does not reject the configuration. Consequently, requests from clients that do not send TLS SNI or send an unrecognized SNI (one that does not match any `HTTPProxy` FQDN) bypass configured JWT verification and are proxied to upstream services without a valid token. This issue is fixed in Contour v1.33.5. Contour now rejects and marks invalid any `HTTPProxy` resources that combine `.spec.virtualhost.tls.enableFallbackCertificate: true` with `.spec.virtualhost.jwtProviders`. Affected resources will receive a status condition with the error reason `TLSIncompatibleFeatures`. As a workaround, do not enable `.spec.virtualhost.tls.enableFallbackCertificate` on `HTTPProxy` resources that also define `.spec.virtualhost.jwtProviders`. Remove one of the two settings to avoid the invalid configuration.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on projectcontour contour, github.com/projectcontour/contour, upgrade to a fixed version (1.33.5) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/projectcontour/contour/security/advisories/GHSA-g3xr-5w5j-w4q4

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