Medium severity · published Jul 16, 2026
CVE-2026-50012
Squid: Memory corruption in cache_digest reply handling
5.5
CVSS
1.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Squid is a caching proxy for the Web. Prior to 7.6, due to an improper input validation bug in cache digest reply handling (peerDigestSwapInMask in src/peer_digest.cc), Squid is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow: a cache digest's on-the-wire size may be larger than the mask_size declared within the digest, so a trusted peer sending a maliciously crafted reply to a cache_digest request message can trigger the overflow. This attack is limited to Squid instances compiled with the --enable-cache-digests option and configured with cache_peer entries. This issue is fixed in version 7.6.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.4% · higher than 72% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SQ
squid · squid-cache
< 7.6 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-50012
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-50012
Patch
https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/commit/19fcfe922717c8b255270c032dcde4071c003bcd
Patch
https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/pull/2423
Release Notes
https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/releases/tag/SQUID_7_6
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/security/advisories/GHSA-5vmx-9x64-9284
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