CVE-2020-11100

critical
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
9.5

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-11100

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-11100.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202004-7

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed2.1.4-1
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed2.0.13-2
debian debianbullseyefixed2.0.13-2
debian debianforkyfixed2.0.13-2
debian debiansidfixed2.0.13-2
debian debiantrixiefixed2.0.13-2

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.