Upstream information

CVE-2026-55204 at MITRE

Description

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Analysis

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (VulnCheck)
Base Score 7.5
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1
CVSS v4 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (VulnCheck)
Base Score 8.7
Vector 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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Attack Requirements None
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None
Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None
Vulnerable System Availability Impact High
Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None
Subsequent System Integrity Impact None
Subsequent System Availability Impact None
CVSSv4 Version 4.0
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1268558 [NEW]

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Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP7 haproxy Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 16.0 haproxy Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 haproxy Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 haproxy Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 haproxy Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1 haproxy Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 haproxy Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.1 haproxy Analysis
SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 haproxy Analysis
SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 haproxy Analysis
SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 haproxy Analysis
openSUSE Leap 16.0 haproxy Analysis
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 12 SP5 haproxy Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP4 haproxy Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP5 haproxy Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 haproxy Analysis
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP6 haproxy Analysis
openSUSE Leap 15.4 haproxy Analysis
openSUSE Leap 15.5 haproxy Analysis
openSUSE Leap 15.6 haproxy Analysis
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 haproxy Analysis
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4 haproxy Analysis
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 haproxy Analysis


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Jun 18 20:07:56 2026
CVE page last modified: Fri Jun 19 11:53:47 2026