CVE-2026-55203: HAProxy - Integer Overflow in FCGI Demux Record Length Field
CSIRTS triage
- What
- An integer overflow vulnerability exists in the FCGI demux record length field.
- Who is affected
- Deployments using HAProxy are affected.
- Urgency
- Remediation is urgent due to high severity and potential for exploitation.
- Action
- Update to the patched version for CVE-2026-55203.
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Details
Original advisory: https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55203
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-552030.32% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 24% of all scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-55203 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Same CVEs, other sources
How other CERTs, PSIRTs and databases cover the vulnerabilities in this advisory.
- high[UPDATE] [high] HAProxy: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund
Recent advisories for HAProxy - Integer
A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.
- high[UPDATE] [high] HAProxy: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-07-09
- unknownVulnerability in HAProxy (June 29, 2026)cert-fr-avis · 2026-06-29
- highGHSA-h2qv-fj59-j46j: Netty HAProxy: Unbalanced Reference Count in Nested PP2_TYPE_SSL TLV Parsing Leads to Mem…ghsa · 2026-06-11
- highCVE-2026-55204: HAProxy - NULL Pointer Dereference in hpack_dht_insert Functionmsrc · 2026-06-09
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