CVE-2021-33620

squid: Squid before 4.15 and 5.x before 5.0.6 allows remote servers to cause adenial of service (affecting availability to a...

CVE-2021-33620 is fixed in 9 products on 1 platform, first by squid 3.5.27-1ubuntu1.11, released May 28, 2021. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
7.4
Medium
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.7958
99th percentile

Squid before 4.15 and 5.x before 5.0.6 allows remote servers to cause adenial of service (affecting availability to all clients) via an HTTPresponse. The issue trigger is a header that can be expected to exist inHTTP traffic without any malicious intent by the server.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
libecap · RHEL 8 0:1.0.1-2.module+el8.1.0+4044+36416a77 RHSA-2021:4292 Nov 9, 2021
libecap · almalinux 8 1.0.1-2.module_el8.6.0+2741+01592ae8 ALSA-2021:4292 Nov 9, 2021
libecap · ol 8 0:1.0.1-2.module+el8.3.0+7819+eb7d4ef6 ELSA-2021-4292 Nov 16, 2021
libecap · rocky 8 0:1.0.1-2.module+el8.4.0+404+316a0dc5 RLSA-2021:4292 Nov 9, 2021
libecap-devel · RHEL 8 0:1.0.1-2.module+el8.1.0+4044+36416a77 RHSA-2021:4292 Nov 9, 2021
libecap-devel · almalinux 8 1.0.1-2.module_el8.6.0+2741+01592ae8 ALSA-2021:4292 Nov 9, 2021
libecap-devel · ol 8 0:1.0.1-2.module+el8.3.0+7819+eb7d4ef6 ELSA-2021-4292 Nov 16, 2021
squid · RHEL 8 7:4.15-1.module+el8.5.0+11469+24c223d9 RHSA-2021:4292 Nov 9, 2021
squid · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 3.5.27-1ubuntu1.11 squid 3.5.27-1ubuntu1.11 May 28, 2021
squid · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.10-1ubuntu1.4 squid 4.10-1ubuntu1.4 May 28, 2021
squid · Ubuntu 24.10 (oracular) 4.13-10ubuntu1 squid 4.13-10ubuntu1 Jan 16, 2026
squid · Ubuntu 25.04 (plucky) 4.13-10ubuntu1 squid 4.13-10ubuntu1 Jan 16, 2026
squid · almalinux 8 7:4.15-3.module_el8.6.0+3010+383bc947.1 ALSA-2021:4292 Nov 9, 2021
squid · ol 8 7:4.15-1.module+el8.5.0+20327+24c223d9 ELSA-2021-4292 Nov 16, 2021
squid · rocky 8 7:4.15-1.module+el8.5.0+705+218dec94 RLSA-2021:4292 Nov 9, 2021
squid-cgi · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 3.5.27-1ubuntu1.11 squid-cgi 3.5.27-1ubuntu1.11 May 28, 2021
squid-cgi · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.10-1ubuntu1.4 squid-cgi 4.10-1ubuntu1.4 May 28, 2021
squid-cgi · Ubuntu 24.10 (oracular) 4.13-10ubuntu1 squid-cgi 4.13-10ubuntu1 Jan 16, 2026
squid-cgi · Ubuntu 25.04 (plucky) 4.13-10ubuntu1 squid-cgi 4.13-10ubuntu1 Jan 16, 2026
squid-common · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 3.5.27-1ubuntu1.11 squid-common 3.5.27-1ubuntu1.11 May 28, 2021
squid-common · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.10-1ubuntu1.4 squid-common 4.10-1ubuntu1.4 May 28, 2021
squid-common · Ubuntu 24.10 (oracular) 4.13-10ubuntu1 squid-common 4.13-10ubuntu1 Jan 16, 2026
squid-common · Ubuntu 25.04 (plucky) 4.13-10ubuntu1 squid-common 4.13-10ubuntu1 Jan 16, 2026
squid-openssl · Ubuntu 24.10 (oracular) 4.13-10ubuntu1 squid-openssl 4.13-10ubuntu1 Jan 16, 2026
squid-openssl · Ubuntu 25.04 (plucky) 4.13-10ubuntu1 squid-openssl 4.13-10ubuntu1 Jan 16, 2026
squid-purge · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 3.5.27-1ubuntu1.11 squid-purge 3.5.27-1ubuntu1.11 May 28, 2021
squid-purge · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.10-1ubuntu1.4 squid-purge 4.10-1ubuntu1.4 May 28, 2021
squid-purge · Ubuntu 24.10 (oracular) 4.13-10ubuntu1 squid-purge 4.13-10ubuntu1 Jan 16, 2026
squid-purge · Ubuntu 25.04 (plucky) 4.13-10ubuntu1 squid-purge 4.13-10ubuntu1 Jan 16, 2026
squid3 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 3.5.27-1ubuntu1.11 squid3 3.5.27-1ubuntu1.11 May 28, 2021
squidclient · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 3.5.27-1ubuntu1.11 squidclient 3.5.27-1ubuntu1.11 May 28, 2021
squidclient · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.10-1ubuntu1.4 squidclient 4.10-1ubuntu1.4 May 28, 2021
squidclient · Ubuntu 24.10 (oracular) 4.13-10ubuntu1 squidclient 4.13-10ubuntu1 Jan 16, 2026
squidclient · Ubuntu 25.04 (plucky) 4.13-10ubuntu1 squidclient 4.13-10ubuntu1 Jan 16, 2026

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