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CVE-2023-46724
This high-severity CVE scores 7.5 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 4.0% (90th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs). GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5HIGHmedium confidence
- EG Risk
- 50EG Risk 50/100CISA SSVC
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%Exploitation4% × 40%Automatability100% × 15%CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high. - EPSS PROB
- 4.0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 90th
- KEV
- Not listed
CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table
Published
November 1, 2023
Last Modified
June 17, 2026
References (14)
- security-advisories@githubhttp://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v5/SQUID-2023_4.patch
- security-advisories@githubhttp://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v6/SQUID-2023_4.patch
- security-advisories@githubhttps://github.com/squid-cache/squid/commit/b70f864940225dfe69f9f653f948e787f99c3810
- security-advisories@githubhttps://github.com/squid-cache/squid/security/advisories/GHSA-73m6-jm96-c6r3
- security-advisories@githubhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/A5QASTMCUSUEW3UOMKHZJB3FTONWSRXS/
- security-advisories@githubhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MEV66D3PAAY6K7TWDT3WZBLCPLASFJDC/
- security-advisories@githubhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231208-0001/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v5/SQUID-2023_4.patch
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v6/SQUID-2023_4.patch
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/commit/b70f864940225dfe69f9f653f948e787f99c3810
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/security/advisories/GHSA-73m6-jm96-c6r3
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/A5QASTMCUSUEW3UOMKHZJB3FTONWSRXS/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MEV66D3PAAY6K7TWDT3WZBLCPLASFJDC/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231208-0001/
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2023-46724(9)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2024:1787Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: squid security update
- RHSA-2024:1153Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: squid security update
- RHSA-2024:0771Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: squid:4 security update
- RHSA-2024:0773Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: squid:4 security update
- RHSA-2024:0772Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: squid:4 security update
- RHSA-2024:0397Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: squid:4 security update
- RHSA-2024:0071Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: squid security update
- RHSA-2024:0072Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: squid security update
- +1 more
Patch Availability(10)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fix (by version range) / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | squidclient (6.1-2ubuntu1.1) @ mantic | 2026-05-24 | ubuntu |
| redhat | squid-7:3.5.20-17.el7_9.10 | 2024-04-11 | redhat |
| redhat | squid-7:5.2-1.el9_0.4 | 2024-03-05 | redhat |
| redhat | squid:4-8020020240122164331.4cda2c84 | 2024-02-12 | redhat |
| redhat | squid:4-8060020231222131040.ad008a3a | 2024-02-12 | redhat |
| redhat | squid:4-8040020240122165847.522a0ee4 | 2024-02-12 | redhat |
| redhat | squid:4-8080020231222130009.63b34585 | 2024-01-24 | redhat |
| redhat | squid-7:5.5-6.el9_3.5 | 2024-01-08 | redhat |
| redhat | squid-7:5.5-5.el9_2.3 | 2024-01-08 | redhat |
| redhat | squid:4-8090020231207155957.a75119d5 | 2024-01-03 | 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
(10 across 10 ecosystems)
Alpine:v3.19(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| squid | — |
| — |
Alpine:v3.20(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| squid | — |
| — |
Alpine:v3.21(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| squid | — |
| — |
Alpine:v3.22(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| squid | — |
| — |
Alpine:v3.23(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| squid | — |
| — |
Alpine:v3.24(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| squid | — |
| — |
Debian:11(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| squid | 4.13-10, 4.13-10+deb11u1, 4.13-10+deb11u2 |
| — |
Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| squid | 5.7-2 |
| — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| squid | — |
| — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| squid | — |
| — |
Weakness Classification(6)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(1)
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.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 7× in last 7d / 31× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
Showing the most recent 100 of 185 total refreshes for this CVE.
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- CVE-2023-46847NVD 7.5EG 9.0EPSS p100CRITICAL
- CVE-2023-46848EG 7.5EPSS p96HIGH
- CVE-2023-46846EG 5.3EPSS p93MEDIUM
Same CWE
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