CVE-2026-61642

Squid Request Smuggling in HTTP Transfer-Encoding

CVE-2026-61642 is fixed in 9 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-61642, released September 17, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
7.7
Important
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0204
81st percentile

Squid is a caching proxy for the Web. From 3.3.0.1 to before 7.6, due to an improper enforcement of behavioral workflow bug, Squid is vulnerable to a Request Smuggling attack against HTTP/1.1 Transfer-Encoding. HTTP header parsing (`src/HttpHeader.cc`) accepted the bare` Transfer-Encoding:` identity form, which the HTTP specification prohibits because any transfer coding must be wrapped within chunked encoding. This problem allows a trusted client to perform an HTTP Request Smuggling attack when HTTP/1.1 is used, bypassing security mechanisms that may be in place between attacker and Squid. When there is an HTTP cache operating prior to the affected Squid, this Request Smuggling attack also allows the attacker to poison that web cache and store arbitrary malicious content at any URL for delivery to other clients' future requests. This issue is fixed in version 7.6.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
squid · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 6.13-2+deb13u4 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-61642 Sep 17, 2026
squid · Debian 14 7.6-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-61642 Sep 17, 2026
squid · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 3.5.27-1ubuntu1.14+esm6 squid 3.5.27-1ubuntu1.14+esm6 Oct 24, 2026
squid · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.10-1ubuntu1.13+esm3 squid 4.10-1ubuntu1.13+esm3 Oct 24, 2026
squid · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 5.9-0ubuntu0.22.04.8 squid 5.9-0ubuntu0.22.04.8 Oct 24, 2026
squid · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 6.14-0ubuntu0.24.04.5 squid 6.14-0ubuntu0.24.04.5 Oct 24, 2026
squid · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 7.7-0ubuntu0.26.04.2 squid 7.7-0ubuntu0.26.04.2 Nov 7, 2026
squid · amzn 2023 7:6.13-1.amzn2023.0.6 ALAS2023-2026-3145 Sep 28, 2026
squid-cgi · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 3.5.27-1ubuntu1.14+esm6 squid-cgi 3.5.27-1ubuntu1.14+esm6 Oct 24, 2026
squid-cgi · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.10-1ubuntu1.13+esm3 squid-cgi 4.10-1ubuntu1.13+esm3 Oct 24, 2026
squid-cgi · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 5.9-0ubuntu0.22.04.8 squid-cgi 5.9-0ubuntu0.22.04.8 Oct 24, 2026
squid-cgi · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 6.14-0ubuntu0.24.04.5 squid-cgi 6.14-0ubuntu0.24.04.5 Oct 24, 2026
squid-common · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 3.5.27-1ubuntu1.14+esm6 squid-common 3.5.27-1ubuntu1.14+esm6 Oct 24, 2026
squid-common · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.10-1ubuntu1.13+esm3 squid-common 4.10-1ubuntu1.13+esm3 Oct 24, 2026
squid-common · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 5.9-0ubuntu0.22.04.8 squid-common 5.9-0ubuntu0.22.04.8 Oct 24, 2026
squid-common · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 6.14-0ubuntu0.24.04.5 squid-common 6.14-0ubuntu0.24.04.5 Oct 24, 2026
squid-common · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 7.7-0ubuntu0.26.04.2 squid-common 7.7-0ubuntu0.26.04.2 Nov 7, 2026
squid-debuginfo · amzn 2023 7:6.13-1.amzn2023.0.6 ALAS2023-2026-3145 Sep 28, 2026
squid-debugsource · amzn 2023 7:6.13-1.amzn2023.0.6 ALAS2023-2026-3145 Sep 28, 2026
squid-openssl · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 5.9-0ubuntu0.22.04.8 squid-openssl 5.9-0ubuntu0.22.04.8 Oct 24, 2026
squid-openssl · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 6.14-0ubuntu0.24.04.5 squid-openssl 6.14-0ubuntu0.24.04.5 Oct 24, 2026
squid-openssl · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 7.7-0ubuntu0.26.04.2 squid-openssl 7.7-0ubuntu0.26.04.2 Nov 7, 2026
squid-purge · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 3.5.27-1ubuntu1.14+esm6 squid-purge 3.5.27-1ubuntu1.14+esm6 Oct 24, 2026
squid-purge · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.10-1ubuntu1.13+esm3 squid-purge 4.10-1ubuntu1.13+esm3 Oct 24, 2026
squid-purge · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 5.9-0ubuntu0.22.04.8 squid-purge 5.9-0ubuntu0.22.04.8 Oct 24, 2026
squid-purge · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 6.14-0ubuntu0.24.04.5 squid-purge 6.14-0ubuntu0.24.04.5 Oct 24, 2026
squid3 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 3.5.27-1ubuntu1.14+esm6 squid3 3.5.27-1ubuntu1.14+esm6 Oct 24, 2026
squidclient · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 3.5.27-1ubuntu1.14+esm6 squidclient 3.5.27-1ubuntu1.14+esm6 Oct 24, 2026
squidclient · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 4.10-1ubuntu1.13+esm3 squidclient 4.10-1ubuntu1.13+esm3 Oct 24, 2026
squidclient · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 5.9-0ubuntu0.22.04.8 squidclient 5.9-0ubuntu0.22.04.8 Oct 24, 2026
squidclient · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 6.14-0ubuntu0.24.04.5 squidclient 6.14-0ubuntu0.24.04.5 Oct 24, 2026

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