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CVE-2026-61642VulnerabilityPublished

Red Hat Security Advisory: squid security update

Affects Red Hat squidSource GCVE Database

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-61642· High 7.7

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

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.7High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
Patch
Available – fixed in 7.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 13 Oct 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq 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

ProductAffectedFixed in
squid-cachesquidAffected
  • >=3.3.0.1 <7.6
Fixed in
  • 7.6

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.

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