CVE-2019-11323 — HAProxy before 1

HAProxy before 1.9.7 mishandles a reload with rotated keys, which triggers use of uninitialized, and very predictable, HMAC keys. This is related to an include/types/ssl_sock.h error.

01What is this vulnerability?

HAProxy before 1.9.7 mishandles a reload with rotated keys, which triggers use of uninitialized, and very predictable, HMAC keys. This is related to an include/types/ssl_sock.h error.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-05-09T13:42:28.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T22:48:09.168Z

09References

• git.haproxy.org — http://git.haproxy.org/?p=haproxy.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8ef706502aa2000531d36e4ac56…
• www.mail-archive.com — https://www.mail-archive.com/haproxy%40formilux.org/msg33410.html