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 an updated Squid package (version 5.5-27.el9_9.1) for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 that addresses this vulnerability. Users should apply this official update promptly following Red Hat's guidance at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the provided patch.
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 9 to address this vulnerability.