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.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:LWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| traefik | traefik | >= 2.8.2, <= 3.7.13 |
| traefik | traefik | >= 3.0.0, <= 3.7.13 |
References
- https://github.com/traefik/traefik/security/advisories/GHSA-7ghq-v6jf-g56cPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/traefik-2.8.2-through-3.6-http-3-timeout-bypassThird Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Sep 10, 2026
- Last modified
- Oct 8, 2026
- NVD status
- Analyzed