Red Hat Security Advisory: squid:4 security update
Squid is a high-performance proxy caching server for web clients, supporting FTP, and HTTP data objects. Security Fix(es): * squid-cache: Squid vulnerable to information disclosure via authentication credential leakage in error handling (CVE-2025-62168) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2025-62168 is a vulnerability in Squid-cache that causes authentication credentials to be leaked during error handling, leading to potential information disclosure. The issue affects Squid version 4 as distributed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat Product Security has released an update (RHSA-2025:19107) to fix this vulnerability. The advisory rates the security impact as Important (high severity). No CVSS score is provided in the advisory. The vulnerability is tracked under CWE-209 (Information Exposure Through an Error Message).
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows unauthorized disclosure of authentication credentials via error handling in Squid, which could lead to exposure of sensitive information. This impacts confidentiality of authentication data in affected Squid deployments on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. No known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released an official security update for Squid version 4 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 to address this vulnerability. Users should apply the update as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:19107 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Applying this update mitigates the vulnerability. No additional action is required beyond applying the official patch.
Red Hat Security Advisory: squid:4 security update
Description
Squid is a high-performance proxy caching server for web clients, supporting FTP, and HTTP data objects. Security Fix(es): * squid-cache: Squid vulnerable to information disclosure via authentication credential leakage in error handling (CVE-2025-62168) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Affected software
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2025-62168 is a vulnerability in Squid-cache that causes authentication credentials to be leaked during error handling, leading to potential information disclosure. The issue affects Squid version 4 as distributed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat Product Security has released an update (RHSA-2025:19107) to fix this vulnerability. The advisory rates the security impact as Important (high severity). No CVSS score is provided in the advisory. The vulnerability is tracked under CWE-209 (Information Exposure Through an Error Message).
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows unauthorized disclosure of authentication credentials via error handling in Squid, which could lead to exposure of sensitive information. This impacts confidentiality of authentication data in affected Squid deployments on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. No known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released an official security update for Squid version 4 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 to address this vulnerability. Users should apply the update as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:19107 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Applying this update mitigates the vulnerability. No additional action is required beyond applying the official patch.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2025:19167
- Cve Count
- 1
Threat ID: 6a3da1e04853345fc182b9ca
Added to database: 06/25/2026, 21:47:12 UTC
Last enriched: 07/12/2026, 11:34:02 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:51 UTC
Views: 21
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