CVE-2026-109575
In HAProxy Data Plane API 2.2.0 authentication bypass
- Published12 Oct 2026
Description
In HAProxy Data Plane API 2.2.0 through 3.4.3 (and corresponding Enterprise Edition releases), Server.ConfigureAPI() has process-global authentication logic that improperly drops security controls across multiple transport types. When a TLS Certificate Authority (tls_ca) is configured and a numeric TLS port (tls_port) is specified, the application globally disables Basic authentication on its shared internal request handler. Because this handler is shared concurrently among HTTP, HTTPS, and UNIX domain socket listeners, and mutual TLS (mTLS) client certificate verification (tls.RequireAndVerifyClientCert) is enforced exclusively on the HTTPS server path, all other simultaneously active non-mTLS listeners fail open. Consequently, an unauthenticated attacker capable of reaching an affected HTTP or UNIX management endpoint can completely bypass credentials to gain full API administrative access. This allows unauthorized remote or local actors to read sensitive, cleartext HAProxy configuration data or replace the managed configuration entirely via the raw configuration endpoint. This has been fixed in versions 3.4.4, 3.3.9, 3.2.17, 3.0.25, 2.9.29, and their respective EE backports by migrating to a per-request TLS connection-state validation model.
CVSS 3.1 breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HRemediation
No fixed version is recorded in the NVD data. Check the vendor advisory for the latest guidance.
References
- https://github.com/haproxytech/dataplaneapi/commit/c3ae4e3ccff5490d44650565e445c4b15e8aff8c
- https://github.com/haproxytech/dataplaneapi/releases/tag/v3.4.4
- https://www.haproxy.com/documentation/haproxy-data-plane-api/
- https://www.haproxy.com/documentation/haproxy-data-plane-api/community/changelog/#version-3.4
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Frequently asked
Is CVE-2026-109575 being actively exploited?
CVE-2026-109575 is not in the CISA KEV catalog.
How severe is CVE-2026-109575?
CVE-2026-109575 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8, rated critical.
How do I fix CVE-2026-109575?
Apply the vendor's patch or advisory guidance, then verify no affected versions remain across your devices.
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