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CVE-2021-28652

SQUID-2021:3 Denial of Service issue in Cache Manager

Severity
Medium 4.9
Published
10 May 2021
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Fixed in
4.15, 5.0.6
Also known as
GHSA-m47m-9hvw-7447
Sources
NVD, Project advisories (GitHub)

Description

An issue was discovered in Squid before 4.15 and 5.x before 5.0.6. Due to incorrect parser validation, it allows a Denial of Service attack against the Cache Manager API. This allows a trusted client to trigger memory leaks that. over time, lead to a Denial of Service via an unspecified short query string. This attack is limited to clients with Cache Manager API access privilege.

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
SquidServers and applications · cpe:a:squid-cache:squid
  • From 1.0 before 4.15
  • From 5.0 before 5.0.6
SquidServers and applications · github:squid-cache/squid
  • From 5.0 before 5.0.6

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28652
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-28652
  • GitHub Advisory Database https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m47m-9hvw-7447
  • github.com https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/security/advisories/GHSA-m47m-9hvw-7447