# CVE-2018-11469: Incorrect caching of responses to requests including an Authorization header in HAProxy 1.8.0 through 1.8.9 (if cache enabled) allows attack

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-05-25 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Incorrect caching of responses to requests including an Authorization header in HAProxy 1.8.0 through 1.8.9 (if cache enabled) allows attackers to achieve information disclosure via an unauthenticated remote request, related to the proto_http.c check_request_for_cacheability function.

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104347
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3663-1/
- https://git.haproxy.org/?p=haproxy-1.8.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=17514045e5d934dede62116216c1b016fe23dd06
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1436

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