Medium 5.5Published Jul 16, 2026

CVE-2026-50012Squid: Memory corruption in cache_digest reply handling

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 8:30 PM ET)

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Squid is a caching proxy for the Web. Prior to 7.6, due to an improper input validation bug in cache digest reply handling (peerDigestSwapInMask in src/peer_digest.cc), Squid is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow: a cache digest's on-the-wire size may be larger than the mask_size declared within the digest, so a trusted peer sending a maliciously crafted reply to a cache_digest request message can trigger the overflow. This attack is limited to Squid instances compiled with the --enable-cache-digests option and configured with cache_peer entries. This issue is fixed in version 7.6.

CVSS: 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-20, CWE-122
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: GitHub_M
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Jul 17, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

squid-cache squid squid_cache:squid (from the name)	before 7.6	CNA record
squid-cache squid squid-cache:squid	before 7.6	NVD

References

References

https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/security/advisories/GHSA-5vmx-9x64-9284	x-refsource-confirm, vendor-advisory
https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/pull/2423	x-refsource-misc, patch
https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/commit/19fcfe922717c8b255270c032dcde4071c003bcd	x-refsource-misc, patch
https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/releases/tag/SQUID_7_6	x-refsource-misc, release-notes

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