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CVE-2026-33526

squid-cache squid — Squid vulnerable to Denial of Service in ICP Request handling

Description · from the CVE record

Squid is a caching proxy for the Web. Prior to version 7.5, due to heap Use-After-Free, Squid is vulnerable to Denial of Service when handling ICP traffic. This problem allows a remote attacker to perform a reliable and repeatable Denial of Service attack against the Squid service using ICP protocol. This attack is limited to Squid deployments that explicitly enable ICP support (i.e. configure non-zero `icp_port`). This problem _cannot_ be mitigated by denying ICP queries using `icp_access` rules. Version 7.5 contains a patch.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
squid< 7.5–CNA
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10see advisory7:6.10-6.el10_1.3redhat-SADP
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Supportsee advisory7:6.10-5.el10_0.2redhat-SADP
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Supportsee advisory7:3.5.20-17.el7_9.16redhat-SADP
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8see advisory8100020260408092701.489197e6redhat-SADP
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Supportsee advisory8040020260514123440.522a0ee4redhat-SADP
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-Onsee advisory8040020260514123440.522a0ee4redhat-SADP
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Supportsee advisory8060020260518090356.ad008a3aredhat-SADP
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Servicesee advisory8060020260518090356.ad008a3aredhat-SADP
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutionssee advisory8060020260518090356.ad008a3aredhat-SADP
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Servicesee advisory8080020260514105733.63b34585redhat-SADP
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutionssee advisory8080020260514105733.63b34585redhat-SADP

Scores by source

GitHub_M (CNA)9.2CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H
redhat-SADP (CNA)7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial

References

refgithub.com/squid-cache/squid/security/advisories/GHSA-hpfx-h48q-gvwgrefgithub.com/squid-cache/squid/commit/8a7d42f9d44befb8fcbbb619505587c8de6a1e91refopenwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/03/25/2refaccess.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-33526refbugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2451574refsecurity.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-33526.jsonadvisoryaccess.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8880advisoryaccess.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:11901advisoryaccess.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8119advisoryaccess.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8317advisoryaccess.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20564advisoryaccess.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20565advisoryaccess.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20580advisoryaccess.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:10256advisoryaccess.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:10257advisoryaccess.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:10255advisoryaccess.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:9220advisoryaccess.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6301