CVE-2026-50149MEDIUMCVSS 6.5

Contour has Improper JWT Verification for Non-SNI Requests on Virtual Hosts with Fallback Certificate Enabled

Published Jul 2, 2026·Updated Jul 2, 2026

Description

### Impact When an `HTTPProxy` is configured with incompatible combination of both `.spec.virtualhost.tls.enableFallbackCertificate: true` and `.spec.virtualhost.jwtProviders`, Contour does not reject the configuration. Consequently, requests from clients that do not send TLS SNI or send an unrecognized SNI (one that does not match any `HTTPProxy` FQDN) bypass configured JWT verification and are proxied to upstream services without a valid token. To list all `HTTPProxies` with this invalid configuration, run ```bash kubectl get httpproxies -A -o json | jq -r ' .items[] | select(.spec.virtualhost | .tls.enableFallbackCertificate and .jwtProviders) | "Invalid HTTPProxy found: \(.metadata.namespace)/\(.metadata.name)" ' ``` ### Patches This issue is fixed in Contour v1.33.5. Contour now rejects and marks invalid any `HTTPProxy` resources that combine `.spec.virtualhost.tls.enableFallbackCertificate: true` with `.spec.virtualhost.jwtProviders`. Affected resources will receive a status condition with the error reason `TLSIncompatibleFeatures`. ### Workarounds Do not enable `.spec.virtualhost.tls.enableFallbackCertificate` on `HTTPProxy` resources that also define `.spec.virtualhost.jwtProviders`. Remove one of the two settings to avoid the invalid configuration. ### References - Contour fallback certificate documentation: https://projectcontour.io/docs/main/config/tls-termination/#fallback-certificate - Contour JWT verification documentation: https://projectcontour.io/docs/main/config/jwt-verification/

Affected Packages (1)

github.com/projectcontour/contourGO
From 1.23.0
Fixed in 1.33.5

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

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