CVE-2026-55204
HighCVSS 7.5Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk35th percentile - higher than 35% of all known CVEs
Summary
HAProxy up to version 3.4.0 contains a null pointer dereference vulnerability in the hpack_dht_insert() function in src/hpack-tbl.c. The flaw occurs when hpack_dht_defrag() returns null due to memory pool exhaustion and its return value is not validated. An attacker can exploit this by triggering HPACK dynamic table insertions under memory pressure, causing HAProxy worker processes to crash and resulting in denial of service.
Risk Assessment
The risk is that an unauthenticated attacker can remotely crash HAProxy, leading to service disruption and potential application unavailability.
Recommendation
It is recommended to immediately upgrade HAProxy to a version containing commit 9a6d1fe or later, which fixes the vulnerability. If an upgrade is not possible, restrict access to the service and monitor memory usage.
Other vulnerabilities in HAProxy
See all- CVE-2016-5360High
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- CVE-2026-26081Medium
HAProxy Community Edition versions 3.0 through 3.3 before 3.3.3 lacks a length check for the NEW_TOKEN format. HAProxy Enterprise and ALOHA are also affected.
- CVE-2026-26080Low
HAProxy Community Edition 3.2.x through 3.3.x before 3.3.3 can enter a loop or crash because varint is mishandled. HAProxy Enterprise and ALOHA are also affected.
- CVE-2026-55203High
HAProxy up to version 3.4.0 contains an integer overflow vulnerability in the fcgi_conn structure's drl field. When contentLength is 65535 and paddingLength is 1 or more, the drl field wraps to 0, causing incorrect buffer parsing as new FCGI record headers. This allows malicious FastCGI backends to desynchronize the FCGI framing parser.
- CVE-2026-33555Medium
In HAProxy before version 3.3.6, a vulnerability was found in the HTTP/3 parser. It does not verify that the received body length matches a previously declared Content-Length header when the stream is closed via a frame with an empty payload. The issue exists since version 2.6.
- CVE-2023-40225High
HAProxy versions from 2.0.32 to 2.6.14 and from 2.7.0 to 2.8.1 forward empty Content-Length headers, violating RFC 9110 section 8.6. In rare cases, an HTTP/1 server behind HAProxy may interpret the payload as an extra request.
Original NVD description (English source)
HAProxy through 3.4.0, fixed in commit 9a6d1fe, contains a null pointer dereference vulnerability in hpack_dht_insert() within src/hpack-tbl.c that fails to validate the return value of hpack_dht_defrag() when the memory pool is exhausted. An attacker can trigger HPACK dynamic table insertions under memory pressure to dereference a NULL pointer and crash HAProxy worker processes, causing denial of service.