In hpack_dht_insert in hpack-tbl.c in the HPACK decoder in HAProxy 1.8 through 2.x before 2.1.4, a remote attacker can write arbitrary bytes around a certain location on the heap via a crafted HTTP/2 request, possibly causing remote code execution.
CVE-2020-11100
Score 8.8 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2022-05-24. NVD baseline CVSS 8.8; sources differ by 0.0.
- High exploitation likelihood — EPSS 61%
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 8.8
- EG Score
- 8.8(medium)
- EG Risk
- —
- EPSS
- 99.1%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
April 2, 2020
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (28)
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00002.html
- cve@mitrehttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157323/haproxy-hpack-tbl.c-Out-Of-Bounds-Write.html
- cve@mitrehttp://www.haproxy.org
- cve@mitrehttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1819111
- cve@mitrehttps://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1168023
- cve@mitrehttps://git.haproxy.org/?p=haproxy.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5dfc5d5cd0d2128d77253ead3acf03a421ab5b88
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2020/msg00052.html
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/264C7UL3X7L7QE74ZJ557IOUFS3J4QQC/
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MNW5RZLIX7LOXRLV7WMHX22CI43XSXKW/
- cve@mitrehttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-22
- cve@mitrehttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4321-1/
- cve@mitrehttps://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4649
- cve@mitrehttps://www.haproxy.org/download/2.1/src/CHANGELOG
- cve@mitrehttps://www.mail-archive.com/haproxy%40formilux.org/msg36876.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00002.html
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2020-11100(5)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2020:1936Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.4.3 haproxy security update
- RHSA-2020:1287Red Hat Product SecurityCritical
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 security update
- RHSA-2020:1288Red Hat Product SecurityCritical
Red Hat Security Advisory: haproxy security update
- RHSA-2020:1290Red Hat Product SecurityCritical
Red Hat Security Advisory: rh-haproxy18-haproxy security update
- RHSA-2020:1289Red Hat Product SecurityCritical
Red Hat Security Advisory: haproxy security update
Patch Availability(6)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | vim-haproxy (2.0.5-1ubuntu0.4) @ eoan | 2026-05-27 | ubuntu |
| redhat | haproxy-0:2.0.13-3.el7 | 2020-05-04 | redhat |
| redhat | haproxy-0:1.8.23-3.el7 | 2020-04-07 | redhat |
| redhat | haproxy-0:1.8.15-6.el8_1.1 | 2020-04-02 | redhat |
| redhat | haproxy-0:1.8.15-5.el8_0.1 | 2020-04-02 | redhat |
| redhat | rh-haproxy18-haproxy-0:1.8.17-1.el7.1 | 2020-04-02 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
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