Squid is a caching proxy for the Web supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more. Due to an Incorrect Check of Function Return Value bug Squid is vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack against its Helper process management. This bug is fixed by Squid version 6.5. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
CVE-2023-49286
This high-severity CVE scores 8.6 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 1.7%, top 17% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. 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
- 8.6(medium)
- EPSS
- 95.2%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
December 4, 2023
Last Modified
June 17, 2026
References (14)
- security-advisories@githubhttp://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v6/SQUID-2023_8.patch
- security-advisories@githubhttps://github.com/squid-cache/squid/commit/6014c6648a2a54a4ecb7f952ea1163e0798f9264
- security-advisories@githubhttps://github.com/squid-cache/squid/security/advisories/GHSA-xggx-9329-3c27
- security-advisories@githubhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00003.html
- 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-20240119-0004/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v6/SQUID-2023_8.patch
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/commit/6014c6648a2a54a4ecb7f952ea1163e0798f9264
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/security/advisories/GHSA-xggx-9329-3c27
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00003.html
- 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-20240119-0004/
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2023-49286(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(11)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | squidclient (5.7-1ubuntu3.2) @ lunar | 2026-05-24 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | squidclient (3.5.12-1ubuntu7.16+esm3) @ xenial | 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.
Weakness Classification(3)
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.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 8× in last 7d / 43× 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.
- 2026-07-11 08:26 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-06-24 06:32 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 7.5
- 2026-06-23 21:31 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-05-24 12:50 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-05-24 12:50 UTCVendor advisory
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