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CVE-2022-23469

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2022-12-08
  • Fixed in2.9.6
  • WeaknessCWE-200 · CWE-532

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Description

Traefik is an open source HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer. Versions prior to 2.9.6 are subject to a potential vulnerability in Traefik displaying the Authorization header in its debug logs. In certain cases, if the log level is set to DEBUG, credentials provided using the Authorization header are displayed in the debug logs. Attackers must have access to a users logging system in order for credentials to be stolen. This issue has been addressed in version 2.9.6. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may set the log level to `INFO`, `WARN`, or `ERROR`.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2022-12-0822:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
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  • Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2022-23469?format=txt
  • CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2022-23469?format=csv
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Versions per branch

NVD · OSV
Traefik
BranchAffectedFixed in
2.9< 2.9.62.9.6
traefik/traefik
BranchAffectedFixed in
—all versionsno fix published

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

  1. Update Traefik to 2.9.6

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub

Sources

  • CISA-ADPSSVC decisionpoc2025-04-22
  • OpenCVESSVC decisionpoc—
  • CNACVSS 3.13.5read 2026-10-23
  • NVDCVSS 3.16.5read 2026-10-23
  • CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-200read 2026-10-23
  • NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-532read 2026-10-23
  • FIRST EPSSEPSS score1.0 %2026-10-22
  • OSVaffected packages—

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Published
2022-12-08
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-23469?

Traefik is an open source HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer. Versions prior to 2.9.6 are subject to a potential vulnerability in Traefik displaying the Authorization header in its debug logs. In certain cases, if the log level is set to DEBUG, credentials provided using the Authorization header are displayed in the debug logs. Attackers must have access to a users logging system in order for credentials to be stolen. This issue has been addressed in version 2.9.6. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may set the log level to `INFO`, `WARN`, or `ERROR`.

Is CVE-2022-23469 actively exploited?

A proof-of-concept exploit exists for CVE-2022-23469, but active exploitation has not been confirmed at this time.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-23469?

CVE-2022-23469 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

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