High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Aug 17, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-39242
CVE-2021-39242
Description
An issue was discovered in HAProxy 2.2 before 2.2.16, 2.3 before 2.3.13, and 2.4 before 2.4.3. It can lead to a situation with an attacker-controlled HTTP Host header, because a mismatch between Host and authority is mishandled.
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Affected products
8cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- HAProxy/HAProxydescription
Patches
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References
5- www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4960nvdThird Party Advisory
- git.haproxy.orgnvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4ALECUZDIMT5FYGP6V6PVSI4BKVZTZWN/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RPNY4WZIQUAUOCLIMUPC37AQWNXTWIQM/nvd
- www.mail-archive.com/haproxy%40formilux.org/msg41041.htmlnvd
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