CVE-2026-55204

HIGH8.7

HAProxy - NULL Pointer Dereference in hpack_dht_insert Function

Published Jun 18, 2026

Modified 1 weeks ago

Details

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.

References

FIX

https://github.com/haproxy/haproxy/commit/9a6d1fe3f00d86ab4ea6ea6ea0a5d48fc058a513

ADVISORY

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-55204

ADVISORY

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/haproxy-null-pointer-dereference-in-hpack-dht-insert-function

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v4.0

8.7

Exploitability

Attack Vector