CVE-2025-62168

Critical

Description

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.

SeverityCritical
CVSS10.0
Exploit probability99. percentile64.8%
ProductSquid
PublishedOct 17, 2025
First seenOct 17, 2025

How to fix

Update
  • squid-cache squid7.2 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
squid-cache squidv < 7.27.2

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