Squid through 7.1 mishandles ASN.1 encoding of long SNMP OIDs.
Priority LOW 19CWE-121Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · Low
- Fix status
- Deferred Red Hat: fix deferred
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
Squid through 7.1 mishandles ASN.1 encoding of long SNMP OIDs. This occurs in asn_build_objid in lib/snmplib/asn1.c.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00389 33rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Deferred Red Hat: fix deferred
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | up to 7.1 | Vulnerable | squid-cache |
- cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 7.1 Vulnerable ·squid-cache
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-59362
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jh85-mgr3-8f33
References
More squid-cache Squid vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-38486 Squid vulnerable to information disclosure via authentication credential leakage in error handling CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2024-16845 Denial of Service in HTTP Header parser in squid proxy CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2024-16566 SQUID-2024:1 Denial of Service in HTTP Chunked Decoding CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
- TI-2023-26921 Denial of Service in HTTP Message Processing in Squid CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
- TI-2023-27496 SQUID-2023:10 Denial of Service in HTTP Request parsing CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
- TI-2023-25306 Squid: denial of service in http digest authentication CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
Sources
- CVE-2025-59362 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-59362 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-jh85-mgr3-8f33 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2025-59362 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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