Servers and applications
CVE-2020-15129
X-Forwarded-Prefix Header Validation Vulnerability
- Severity
- Medium 4.7
- Published
- 30 Jul 2020
- Last changed
- 17 Jun 2026
- Added to UpHeron
- 1 Nov 2026
- Fixed in
- 1.7.26, 2.2.8, 2.3.0-rc3
- Also known as
- GHSA-6qq8-5wq3-86rp
- Sources
- NVD, Project advisories (GitHub)
Description
In Traefik before versions 1.7.26, 2.2.8, and 2.3.0-rc3, there exists a potential open redirect vulnerability in Traefik's handling of the "X-Forwarded-Prefix" header. The Traefik API dashboard component doesn't validate that the value of the header "X-Forwarded-Prefix" is a site relative path and will redirect to any header provided URI. Successful exploitation of an open redirect can be used…
Affected software
| Software | Affected versions |
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TraefikServers and applications · cpe:a:traefik:traefik |
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TraefikServers and applications · github:traefik/traefik |
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References
- NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15129
- CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-15129
- GitHub Advisory Database https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6qq8-5wq3-86rp
- github.com https://github.com/traefik/traefik/security/advisories/GHSA-6qq8-5wq3-86rp