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CVE-2018-20615 json

An out-of-bounds read issue was discovered in the HTTP/2 protocol decoder in HAProxy 1.8.x and 1.9.x through 1.9.0 which can result in a cr…

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-13166

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.5%
EPSS 4.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An out-of-bounds read issue was discovered in the HTTP/2 protocol decoder in HAProxy 1.8.x and 1.9.x through 1.9.0 which can result in a crash. The processing of the PRIORITY flag in a HEADERS frame requires 5 extra bytes, and while these bytes are skipped, the total frame length was not re-checked to make sure they were present in the frame.

Patch / fix

  • haproxy Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.8.16-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20615

  • haproxy Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 1.8.8-1ubuntu0.3

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20615

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • haproxy openshift 3.11, openshift 3.10, openshift 3.9 1.8.17-3.el7
  • jenkins openshift 3.11 2.150.2.1549032159-1.el7
  • haproxy18 openshift 3.11, openshift 3.10, openshift 3.9 1.8.17-3.el7
  • prometheus openshift 3.11 3.11.82-1.git.5027.9d24833.el7
  • atomic-openshift openshift 3.11 3.11.82-1.git.0.08bc31b.el7
  • jenkins-2-plugins openshift 3.11 3.11.1549642489-1.el7
  • openshift-ansible openshift 3.11 3.11.82-3.git.0.9718d0a.el7
  • atomic-openshift-pod openshift 3.11 3.11.82-1.git.0.08bc31b.el7

red hat advisories RHBA-2019:0326RHSA-2019:0548RHSA-2019:0275RHSA-2019:0547

  • haproxy SLE High Availability Extension 15 1.8.17~git0.e89d25b2-3.9.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2019:0232-1

  • haproxy openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.4.4+git0.acb1d0bea-1.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10839-1

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2018-20615 updated cvss 7.5

haproxy: Mishandling of priority flag in short HEADERS frame by HTTP/2 decoder allows for crash

  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12 (Pike) rhosp12/openstack-haproxy
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.9 haproxy 1.8.17-3.el7, haproxy18 1.8.17-3.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:0547
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.10 haproxy 1.8.17-3.el7, haproxy18 1.8.17-3.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:0548
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 haproxy 1.8.17-3.el7, haproxy18 1.8.17-3.el7, jenkins 2.150.2.1549032159-1.el7, jenkins-2-plugins 3.11.1549642489-1.el7, prometheus 3.11.82-1.git.5027.9d24833.el7, atomic-openshift 3.11.82-1.git.0.08bc31b.el7, +33 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHBA-2019:0326
  • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) rh-haproxy18-haproxy 1.8.4-4.el7, rh-haproxy18-haproxy-syspaths 1.8.4-4.el7 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.4) rh-haproxy18-haproxy 1.8.4-4.el7, rh-haproxy18-haproxy-syspaths 1.8.4-4.el7 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.5) rh-haproxy18-haproxy 1.8.4-4.el7, rh-haproxy18-haproxy-syspaths 1.8.4-4.el7 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6) rh-haproxy18-haproxy 1.8.4-4.el7, rh-haproxy18-haproxy-syspaths 1.8.4-4.el7 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) rh-haproxy18-haproxy 1.8.4-4.el7, rh-haproxy18-haproxy-syspaths 1.8.4-4.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:0275
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 haproxy Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 haproxy Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 haproxy Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.7 haproxy18 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 haproxy, haproxy18, haproxy20, haproxy22, haproxy26, haproxy28 Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens) rhosp13/openstack-haproxy
    +1 more products
    Red Hat OpenStack Platform 14 (Rocky) openstack-haproxy-container
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

4.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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