CVE-2018-15598
Containous Traefik 1.6.x before 1.6.6, when --api is used, exposes the configuration and secret if authentication is missing and the API's port is publicly reachable.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.87%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Containous Traefik 1.6.x before 1.6.6, when --api is used, exposes the configuration and secret if authentication is missing and the API's port is publicly reachable.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.87% probability · 87th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Affected
- traefik/traefik
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.9% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://github.com/containous/traefik/pull/3790Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/containous/traefik/pull/3790/commits/113250ce5735d554c502ca16fb03bb9119ca79f1Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/containous/traefik/pull/3790/commits/368bd170913078732bde58160f92f202f370278bThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/containous/traefik/releases/tag/v1.6.6Release Notes
- https://github.com/containous/traefik/pull/3790Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/containous/traefik/pull/3790/commits/113250ce5735d554c502ca16fb03bb9119ca79f1Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/containous/traefik/pull/3790/commits/368bd170913078732bde58160f92f202f370278bThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/containous/traefik/releases/tag/v1.6.6Release Notes
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.