Information Exposure Affecting squid package, versions <7:5.5-22.el9_7.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on AlmaLinux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
62.87% (100th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALMALINUX9-SQUID-14067939
  • published20 Nov 2025
  • disclosed11 Nov 2025

Introduced: 11 Nov 2025

CVE-2025-62168  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-209  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-550  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:9 squid to version 7:5.5-22.el9_7.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2025:20935.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream squid package and not the squid package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

Squid is a caching proxy for the Web. In Squid versions prior to 7.2, a failure to redact HTTP authentication credentials in error handling allows information disclosure. The vulnerability allows a script to bypass browser security protections and learn the credentials a trusted client uses to authenticate. This potentially allows a remote client to identify security tokens or credentials used internally by a web application using Squid for backend load balancing. These attacks do not require Squid to be configured with HTTP authentication. The vulnerability is fixed in version 7.2. As a workaround, disable debug information in administrator mailto links generated by Squid by configuring squid.conf with email_err_data off.

CVSS Base Scores

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