Red Hat Security Advisory: squid security update
Affects Red Hat squidSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.7 High : upgrade Red Hat squid to 7.6 soon.
Data as of 11 Nov 2026, 15:23 UTC
- Patch
- Available – fixed in 7.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:NExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 13 Oct 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 11 Nov 2026.
What to do
Upgrade squid to 7.6.
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| squid-cachesquid | Affected
| Fixed in
|
AI-suggested
Red Hat has released updated Squid packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 that address this vulnerability. Users should apply the security update as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:98643 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. This update fixes the vulnerability and no further action is required once applied.
Description
A security vulnerability identified as CVE-2026-61642 affects the Squid proxy caching server. The issue involves HTTP request smuggling via the Transfer-Encoding header. Red Hat has issued an important security update for Squid in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 to address this vulnerability.