GHSA-6fwg-jrfw-ff7p

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    GHSA-6fwg-jrfw-ff7p

    Published: 5 Dec 2023Last Modified: 7 Aug 2026

    Summary: Traefik docker container using 100% CPU

    Details: ### Summary The traefik docker container uses 100% CPU when it serves as its own backend, which is an automatically generated route resulting from the Docker integration in the default configuration. ### Details While attempting to set up Traefik to handle traffic for Docker containers, I observed in the webUI a rule with the following information: `Host(traefik-service) | webwebsecure | traefik-service@docker | traefik-service` I assumed that this is something internal; however, I wondered why it would have a host rule on the web entrypoint configured. So I have send a request with that hostname with `curl -v --resolve "traefik-service:80:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" http://traefik-service`. That made my whole server unresponsive. I assume the name comes from a docker container with that name, traefik itself: ``` localhost ~ # docker ps CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES d1414e74aec7 traefik:v2.10 "/entrypoint.sh trae…" 4 minutes ago Up 4 minutes 0.0.0.0:80->80/tcp, :::80->80/tcp, 0.0.0.0:443->443/tcp, :::443->443/tcp, 127.0.0.1:8080->8080/tcp traefik.service ``` ### PoC 1. Start traefik with `docker run --rm -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -p 80:80 --name foo -p 8080:8080 traefik:v2.10 --api.insecure=true --providers.docker` 2. `curl -v --resolve "foo:80:127.0.0.1" http://foo` looks like this creates an endless loop of request. Knowing the name of the docker container seems to be enough to trigger this, if the docker backend is used. ### Impact Server is unreachable and uses 100% CPU

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: github.com/traefik/traefik/v2

    Purl: pkg:golang/github.com/traefik/traefik/v2

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.10.6

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    GHSA-6fwg-jrfw-ff7p | CVE-DB