Squid: Memory disclosure in FTP gateway
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 5 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-125 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Squid is a caching proxy for the Web. Prior to 7.6, due to an improper validation of syntactic correctness of input in the FTP gateway (src/clients/FtpGateway.cc), Squid is vulnerable to an out-of-bounds read: when a listing entry date in the TypeA or TypeB directory-listing formats is not followed by a filename, parsing was not restricted to the input buffer, so a trusted client accessing a misbehaving FTP server through Squid's gateway feature could read memory from random unrelated transactions. This issue is fixed in version 7.6.
Why it matters now
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| squid-cache | squid | before 7.6 | 7.6 | Patch available | CNA |
- squid Vendorsquid-cache Affected before 7.6 Fixed in 7.6 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 7.6 | Vulnerable | squid-cache |
- cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 7.6 Vulnerable ·squid-cache
Remediation
- Fix · CNA squid (squid-cache) Fixed in 7.6
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 yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| 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-2026-47729
References
Patch 3
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-2026-47729 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-47729 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- CVE-2026-47729 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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