FKIE_CVE-2026-50012

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-07-16 17:16 - Updated: 2026-07-16 17:36
Severity
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Summary
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.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/squid-cache/squid/commit/19fcfe922717c8b255270c032dcde4071c003bcd
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/squid-cache/squid/pull/2423
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/squid-cache/squid/releases/tag/SQUID_7_6
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/squid-cache/squid/security/advisories/GHSA-5vmx-9x64-9284
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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    }
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  "id": "CVE-2026-50012",
  "lastModified": "2026-07-16T17:36:21.340",
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          "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
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          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
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          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H",
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