SB20261029105 - openEuler 24.03 LTS SP3 update for squid
Published: October 29, 2026
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Inconsistent interpretation of HTTP requests (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-61642)
CWE-ID: CWE-444 - Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request Smuggling')
CVSSv4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote user to bypass security mechanisms and poison an HTTP cache with arbitrary malicious content.
The vulnerability exists due to improper enforcement of behavioral workflow in Squid's HTTP/1.1 Transfer-Encoding handling when processing HTTP/1.1 requests. A remote user can perform HTTP request smuggling to bypass security mechanisms and poison an HTTP cache with arbitrary malicious content.
An HTTP cache operating before the affected Squid instance is required for cache poisoning.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.