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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 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.

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