CVE-2026-54246
Published:September 14, 2026
Updated:September 22, 2026
Skipper is an HTTP router and reverse proxy for service composition. Prior to 0.27.13, the routesrv component serves cluster-wide control-plane data without application-layer authentication through /routes, /routes/{zone}, /swarm/redis/shards, and /swarm/valkey/shards. The handlers registered in routesrv/routesrv.go, eskipBytes.ServeHTTP in routesrv/eskipbytes.go, RedisHandler.ServeHTTP in routesrv/redishandler.go, and ValkeyHandler.ServeHTTP in routesrv/valkeyhandler.go only restrict HTTP methods and do not authenticate callers. A compromised or otherwise attacker-controlled pod that can reach routesrv on the Kubernetes cluster network can bypass its namespace-scoped RBAC and read Ingress and RouteGroup backend URLs, filter-chain and OAuth or OIDC path details, and Redis or Valkey shard addresses across namespaces. NetworkPolicy can restrict reachability but does not remove the missing-authentication condition, and the established impact is confidentiality exposure rather than direct integrity or availability loss. This issue is fixed in version 0.27.13.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/zalando/skipper.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v0.10.0 <v0.27.13Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v0.27.13github.com/zalando/skipper (GO):
Affected version(s) >=aaa815a0d4aae9c58df8a6bca770594a2edab2ba <v0.27.13Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v0.27.13github.com/zalando/skipper (GO):
Affected version(s) >=v0.0.0-20151030142816-cf07e1d50300 <v0.27.13Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v0.27.13Related Resources (5)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
6.9
Attack Vector
ADJACENT
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
5.7
Attack Vector
ADJACENT
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Missing Authentication for Critical Function
EPSS
Base Score:
0.34