CVE-2025-47952: Traefik allows path traversal using url encoding
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 11/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.98% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 62.2% of all records.
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- According to CISA the attack is automatable: targets can be found by mass scanning.
- Fixed version: github.com/traefik/traefik/v2 (Go) 2.11.25; github.com/traefik/traefik/v3 (Go) 3.4.1; govulncheck-vulndb (openSUSE:Tumbleweed) 0.0.20250529T205903-1.1.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to github.com/traefik/traefik/v2 (Go) 2.11.25; github.com/traefik/traefik/v3 (Go) 3.4.1; govulncheck-vulndb (openSUSE:Tumbleweed) 0.0.20250529T205903-1.1 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
Traefik (pronounced traffic) is an HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer. Prior to versions 2.11.25 and 3.4.1, there is a potential vulnerability in Traefik managing the requests using a PathPrefix, Path or PathRegex matcher. When Traefik is configured to route the requests to a backend using a matcher based on the path, if the URL contains a URL encoded string in its path, it’s possible to target a backend, exposed using another router, by-passing the middlewares chain. This issue has been patched in versions 2.11.25 and 3.4.1.
- Published
- May 30, 2025
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.9% · 62th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-22
Report tools
Action score
11
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 11 / 40 · 2.9 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.9%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- —
- CNA · GitHub_M
- 2.9
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| traefik | traefik | cpe:2.3:a:traefik:traefik |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- traefik traefikbefore 2.11.25
- traefik traefik3.0.0 and later · before 3.4.1
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (GitHub_M). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
traefik traefik
- < 3.4.1, < 2.11.25affected
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/traefik/traefik | from 0 | — |
| Go | github.com/traefik/traefik | up to and including 1.7.34 | — |
| Go | github.com/traefik/traefik/v2 | before 2.11.25 | 2.11.25 |
| Go | github.com/traefik/traefik/v3 | before 3.4.1 | 3.4.1 |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | govulncheck-vulndb | before 0.0.20250529T205903-1.1 | 0.0.20250529T205903-1.1 |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | traefik | before 3.4.3-1.1 | 3.4.3-1.1 |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | traefik2 | before 2.11.26-1.1 | 2.11.26-1.1 |
Same product
traefik: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2026-85595Traefik before v2.11.55 and v3.0.0 through v3.7.10 Authentication Bypass via digestAuth38Monitor
- CVE-2026-88877Traefik v3.7.0 Authentication Bypass via from-to-www-redirect37Monitor
- CVE-2026-88007Traefik HTTP/3 Backend NTLM Connection Reuse36Monitor
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2024-52003Nov 29, 2024 · X-Forwarded-Prefix Header still allows for Open Redirect in traefik25Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2025-32431Apr 21, 2025 · Traefik has a possible vulnerability with the path matchers35Monitor
- Later →CVE-2025-54386Aug 1, 2025 · Traefik's Client Plugin is Vulnerable to Path Traversal, Arbitrary File Overwrites and Remote Code Execution29Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Go:github.com/traefik/traefik/v2 | 2.11.25 | Package registry (OSV) |
| Go:github.com/traefik/traefik/v3 | 3.4.1 | Package registry (OSV) |
| opensuse:govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20250529T205903-1.1 · openSUSE:Tumbleweed | Package registry (OSV) |
| opensuse:traefik | 3.4.3-1.1 · openSUSE:Tumbleweed | Package registry (OSV) |
| opensuse:traefik2 | 2.11.26-1.1 · openSUSE:Tumbleweed | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
- CVE-2025-3243139 days apartTraefik has a possible vulnerability with the path matchers35Monitor
- CVE-2026-65600418 days apartTraefik before v2.11.52 Authentication Bypass via ReplacePathRegex31Monitor
- CVE-2026-67309428 days apartTraefik v3.7.0 Path Traversal via RewriteTarget Authentication Bypass31Monitor
- CVE-2025-5438663 days apartTraefik's Client Plugin is Vulnerable to Path Traversal, Arbitrary File Overwrites and Remote Code Execution29Monitor
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- Integrity
- Availability
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- X
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
nvd-secondary
Root cause
A user-supplied file name is joined with the allowed directory, but the result is never checked to confirm it is still inside that directory.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-22 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
const file = path.join(ROOT, req.query.name);
res.sendFile(file);Fixed
const file = path.resolve(ROOT, req.query.name);
if (!file.startsWith(ROOT + path.sep)) {
return res.sendStatus(400);
}
res.sendFile(file);Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- Path TraversalCAPEC-126likelihood: High · Very High
- Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation LogicCAPEC-64likelihood: High · High
- Manipulating Web Input to File System CallsCAPEC-76likelihood: High · Very High
- Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate EncodingCAPEC-78likelihood: High · High
- Using Slashes in Alternate EncodingCAPEC-79likelihood: High · High
ATT&CK techniques
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Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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