Squid vulnerable to information disclosure via authentication credential leakage in error handling (squid-cache squid)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 63.36 % · percentile 99 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- GitHub_M
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
Squid is a caching proxy for the Web. In Squid versions prior to 7.2, a failure to redact HTTP authentication credentials in error handling allows information disclosure. The vulnerability allows a script to bypass browser security protections and learn the credentials a trusted client uses to authenticate. This potentially allows a remote client to identify security tokens or credentials used internally by a web application using Squid for backend load balancing. These attacks do not require Squid to be configured with HTTP authentication. The vulnerability is fixed in version 7.2. As a workaround, disable debug information in administrator mailto links generated by Squid by configuring squid.conf with email_err_data off.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-209 — Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information
- CWE-550 — Server-generated Error Message Containing Sensitive Information
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL 10.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N | GitHub_M |
| CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL 10.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N | NVD · security-advisories@github.com (Secondary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2025-34894
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2025-62168
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0920 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Microsoft · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0889 — Vulnérabilité dans Squid · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 7.2
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| squid-cache · squid | affected < 7.2 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |