An issue was discovered in Squid 3.x and 4.x through 4.8. Due to incorrect input validation, there is a heap-based buffer overflow that can result in Denial of Service to all clients using the proxy. Severity is high due to this vulnerability occurring before normal security checks; any remote client that can reach the proxy port can trivially perform the attack via a crafted URI scheme.
CVE-2019-18676
Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2022-05-24. NVD baseline CVSS 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EG Risk
- 42(Track)EG Risk 42/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity75% × 45%Exploitation9% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 9%
- EPSS %ILE
- 95%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
November 26, 2019
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (20)
- cve@mitrehttp://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2019_8.txt
- cve@mitrehttp://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v4/changesets/squid-4-fbbdf75efd7a5cc244b4886a9d42ea458c5a3a73.patch
- cve@mitrehttps://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1156329
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/squid-cache/squid/pull/275
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00009.html
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MTM74TU2BSLT5B3H4F3UDW53672NVLMC/
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UEMOYTMCCFWK5NOXSXEIH5D2VGWVXR67/
- cve@mitrehttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4213-1/
- cve@mitrehttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4446-1/
- cve@mitrehttps://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4682
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2019_8.txt
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v4/changesets/squid-4-fbbdf75efd7a5cc244b4886a9d42ea458c5a3a73.patch
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1156329
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/pull/275
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00009.html
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2019-18676(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Patch Availability(3)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | squidclient (3.5.12-1ubuntu7.9) @ xenial | 2026-05-27 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | squidclient (3.5.12-1ubuntu7.12) @ xenial | 2026-05-27 | ubuntu |
| redhat | squid:4-8030020200828070549.30b713e6 | 2020-11-04 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(6 across 6 ecosystems)
Debian:10(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| squid | 4.6-1, 4.6-1+deb10u1 | 4.6-1+deb10u2 | — |
Debian:11(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| squid | — | 4.9-1 | — |
Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| squid | — | 4.9-1 | — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| squid | — | 4.9-1 | — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| squid | — | 4.9-1 | — |
Debian:9(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| squid3 | 3.5.23-5, 3.5.23-5+deb9u1 | 3.5.23-5+deb9u2 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(2)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
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