CVE-2026-55204 (GCVE-0-2026-55204)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-18 16:05 – Updated: 2026-07-14 21:33 X_Open Source
VLAI
Title
HAProxy - NULL Pointer Dereference in hpack_dht_insert Function
Summary
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.
Severity
8.7 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-06-18 17:26 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
haproxy haproxy Affected: 0 , ≤ 3.4.0 (semver)
Unaffected: 9a6d1fe3f00d86ab4ea6ea6ea0a5d48fc058a513 (git)
    cpe:2.3:a:haproxy:aloha:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Date Public
2026-06-16 00:00
Credits
Tristan Madani (@TristanInSec)
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