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CVE-2021-40346 (GCVE-0-2021-40346)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-09-08 16:40 – Updated: 2024-08-04 02:27
VLAI
Summary
An integer overflow exists in HAProxy 2.0 through 2.5 in htx_add_header that can be exploited to perform an HTTP request smuggling attack, allowing an attacker to bypass all configured http-request HAProxy ACLs and possibly other ACLs.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
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