HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2022-0711

Haproxy vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
16.6%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
A flaw was found in the way HAProxy processed HTTP responses containing the "Set-Cookie2" header. This flaw could allow an attacker to send crafted HTTP response packets which lead to an infinite loop, eventually resulting in a denial of service condition. The highest threat from this vulnerability is availability.
Affected vendor
Haproxy
Affected product
Haproxy
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-835 — Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop)
Published
2022-03-02

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 16.6% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2022-0711

  • Confirm whether Haproxy Haproxy is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2022-0711.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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