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Protecting against Next.js middleware vulnerability CVE-2025-29927 with HAProxy

A recently discovered security vulnerability requires attention from development teams using Next.js in production environments. Let’s discuss the vulnerability and look at a practical HAProxy solution that you can implement with just a single line of configuration. These solutions are easy, safe, and incredibly fast to deploy while planning more comprehensive framework updates.

Announcing HAProxy ALOHA 17.0

HAProxy ALOHA 17.0 is now available, delivering powerful new features that improve UDP load balancing, simplify network management, and enhance performance. With this release, we’re introducing the new UDP Module and extending network management to the Data Plane API, a new API-based approach to network configuration. The Network Management CLI is enhanced with exit status codes and contextual help.

Announcing HAProxy Enterprise 3.1

HAProxy Enterprise 3.1 is now available! With every release, HAProxy Enterprise redefines what to expect from a software load balancer, and 3.1 is no different. With a brand new ADFSPIP Module and enhancements to the HAProxy Enterprise UDP Module, CAPTCHA Module, Global Profiling Engine, Stream Processing Offloading Engine, and Route Health Injection Module, this version improves HAProxy Enterprise's legendary performance and provides even greater flexibility and security.

Reviewing Every New Feature in HAProxy 3.1

HAProxy 3.1 makes significant gains in performance and usability, with better capabilities for troubleshooting. In this blog post, we list all of the new features and changes. All these improvements (and more) will be incorporated into HAProxy Enterprise 3.1, releasing Spring 2025. Watch our webinar HAProxy 3.1: Feature Roundup and listen to our experts as we examine new features and updates and participate in the live Q&A.

Announcing HAProxy Enterprise Kubernetes Ingress Controller 3.0

We’re excited to introduce HAProxy Enterprise Kubernetes Ingress Controller 3.0, packed with powerful new features that bring greater control, performance, and observability to managing Kubernetes environments. This release delivers TCP custom resource definitions (CRDs) to improve mapping, structuring, and validation for TCP services within HAProxy Enterprise Kubernetes Ingress Controller.

Lasting Impressions and Technical Tidbits From AWS re:Invent 2024

AWS re:Invent 2024 has officially wrapped up, but not everything that happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. We're still gushing over the reception our booth team received from attendees—and we were excited to see even more organizations going all-in on application delivery and security. Naturally, AWS integration was a constant backdrop throughout the week as we showcased the HAProxy platform.

Announcing HAProxy ALOHA 16.5

HAProxy ALOHA 16.5 is now available, and we’re delighted to share that this release includes one of the cornerstone security features announced earlier this year—the new Bot Management Module. HAProxy ALOHA customers will also benefit from the new Network Management CLI, secure Wireguard VPN synchronization between appliances, updated root filesystem packages, and the features announced in open source HAProxy 3.0.

Announcing HAProxy 3.1

Back in the spotlight, HAProxy 3.1 builds on its history of innovation, delivering improvements that ensure it remains the go-to open source load balancer! As usual, all the features announced in this release will be incorporated into the next enterprise release (HAProxy Enterprise 3.1). HAProxy 3.1 brings improvements to observability, reliability, performance, and flexibility. So everything we love about HAProxy is now even better!