# CVE-2026-85596: Traefik v3.7 Authentication Bypass via TLS Option Conflict

- Also known as: GHSA-J994-9GQJ-9HWQ
- Severity: CVSS 8.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-09-04 · Updated: 2026-10-08

## Affected

- traefik: from 3.7.0, through 3.7.10

## Description

Traefik versions >= v3.7.0 and <= v3.7.10 contain an authentication bypass in the Kubernetes Ingress NGINX provider. The TLS option generated for an Ingress carrying the nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/auth-tls-secret annotation was named after the Ingress namespace and name. As a result, two Ingress objects sharing the same host, the same client CA secret, and the same client-authentication mode produced two distinct TLS option names for that host. Traefik treats this as a TLS options conflict and falls back to the entry point's default TLS configuration, which does not request a client certificate, so a route configured with nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/auth-tls-verify-client: "on" becomes reachable without a client certificate. Only the v3.7 line is affected; the issue is fixed in v3.7.11.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on traefik, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/traefik/traefik/security/advisories/GHSA-j994-9gqj-9hwq
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/traefik-3.7-authentication-bypass-via-tls-option-conflict

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