HAProxy 2.8 lifecycle
Current status
HAProxy 2.8 is currently in security support. The release line remains supported according to published lifecycle data.
Security: 3 tracked advisories affecting this line. Details below — lifecycle and vulnerability status are separate.
Official lifecycle source: HAProxy Homepage Branch Table
- Support phase
- security support
- End of life
- 30 Jun 2028
- Latest release
- 2.8.0
- Released
- 31 May 2023
At a glance
- Version line
- 2.8
- Initial release
- 31 May 2023
- Lifecycle phase
- security support
- Latest stable
- 2.8.0
- Latest release date
- 31 May 2023
- EOL
- 30 Jun 2028
- Until EOL
- ~22 months
- Risk
- medium
- Releases tracked
- 1
Lifecycle timeline
Phases from published LifecyclePeriod records. Missing phases are not inferred.
Release
31 May 2023
security supportcurrent
31 May 2023 → 30 Jun 2028
Source: HAProxy Homepage Branch Table
end of life
30 Jun 2028 → —
Source: HAProxy Homepage Branch Table
HAProxy 2.8 is currently in security support. The release line remains supported according to published lifecycle data.
Upgrade options
Newer supported HAProxy version lines from CompatHub lifecycle data. Compatibility and security context use existing evidence only.
You are on HAProxy 2.8
SupportedEOL 30 June 2028
Supported upgrade options
- HAProxy 3.4Upgrade planner →SupportedEOL 30 June 2031· ~36 months more support· 1 major version newer
- HAProxy 3.2Upgrade planner →SupportedEOL 30 June 2030· ~24 months more support· 1 major version newer
- HAProxy 3.0Upgrade planner →SupportedEOL 30 June 2029· ~12 months more support· 1 major version newer
Security
Advisories affecting HAProxy 2.8 (OSV.dev evidence). Known exploited status, due dates, and ransomware use from CISA KEV when matched.
- Known vulnerabilities
- 3
- Known exploited
- 0
- Highest CVSS
- —
- CVE-2026-55204
HAProxy - NULL Pointer Dereference in hpack_dht_insert Function
- Affected:
- <=3.4.0
- Source:
- OSV source · Advisory
- CVE-2026-55203
HAProxy - Integer Overflow in FCGI Demux Record Length Field
- Affected:
- <=3.4.0
- Source:
- OSV source · Advisory
- CVE-2023-45539
- Affected:
- <2.8.2
- Fixed in:
- 2.8.2
- Source:
- OSV source · Advisory
Latest release
Release history
1 concrete release tracked for this line.
| Version | Release date | Channel | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.8.0 | 31 May 2023 | stable | Source |
Release activity
- Total releases
- 1
- Last 30 days
- 0
- Last 90 days
- 0
- Most recent
- 31 May 2023
Should I use this version?
Supported, but a newer release line may be preferable
HAProxy 2.8 is in security support. Consider HAProxy 3.4 for new work.
Version comparison
Compact comparison against the nearest relevant release lines.
Sources
Where this information comes from.
Lifecycle sources
- HAProxy Homepage Branch Tablefirst party · high confidence
Official source: https://www.haproxy.org/
Last verified 2 Sept 2026
- OSV.devfirst party
Official source: https://osv.dev
Verification time not recorded
- NVD (NIST)first party
Official source: https://nvd.nist.gov
Verification time not recorded
- CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilitiesfirst party
Official source: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
Verification time not recorded
Release sources
- HAProxy Homepage Branch Tablefirst party · high confidence
Official source: https://www.haproxy.org/
Last verified 2 Sept 2026
- HAProxy GitHub Tagsfirst party
Official source: https://github.com/haproxy/haproxy/tags
Verification time not recorded
Data coverage
Last checked = last successful upstream check. Latest source update = when upstream content last changed.
- Releases tracked
- 1
- Lifecycle periods
- 2
- EOL
- Known
- Provenance records
- 3
- Data last checked
- 2 Sept 2026
- Latest source update
- 2 Sept 2026