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RHEL 9 : squid (RHSA-2026:6301)

🗓️ 05 Apr 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Red Hat advisory fixes two denial of service flaws in Squid on Red Hat Enterprise Linux nine.

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ATTACKERKB
CVE-2026-33526
26 Mar 202600:16
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26 Mar 202600:11
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Amazon Linux 2023 : squid (ALAS2023-2026-1569)
13 Apr 202600:00
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Amazon Linux 2 : squid, --advisory ALAS2-2026-3242 (ALAS-2026-3242)
14 Apr 202600:00
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AlmaLinux 9 : squid (ALSA-2026:6301)
1 Apr 202600:00
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AlmaLinux 10 : squid (ALSA-2026:8119)
15 Apr 202600:00
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AlmaLinux 8 : squid:4 (ALSA-2026:8317)
16 Apr 202600:00
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Debian dsa-6360 : squid - security update
21 Jun 202600:00
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Fedora 44 : squid (2026-c0590bd498)
5 May 202600:00
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##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:6301. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(304995);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/04/05");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2026-32748", "CVE-2026-33526");
  script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2026:6301");

  script_name(english:"RHEL 9 : squid (RHSA-2026:6301)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for squid.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as
referenced in the RHSA-2026:6301 advisory.

    Squid is a high-performance proxy caching server for web clients, supporting FTP, and HTTP data objects.

    Security Fix(es):

    * squid: Squid: Denial of Service via heap Use-After-Free vulnerability in ICP handling (CVE-2026-33526)

    * Squid: Squid: Denial of Service via crafted ICP traffic (CVE-2026-32748)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and
    other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2451574");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2451577");
  # https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2026/rhsa-2026_6301.json
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?594e7a99");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6301");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the RHEL squid package based on the guidance in RHSA-2026:6301.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss4_vector", value:"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss4_threat_vector", value:"CVSS:4.0/E:U");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-33526");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
  script_cwe_id(825, 826);
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_severity", value:"Important");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2026/03/26");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/03/31");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/04/05");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:squid");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Red Hat Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl", "redhat_repos.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");

  exit(0);
}


include('rpm2.inc');
include('rhel.inc');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_product = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/product');
if (isnull(os_product) || 'Red Hat' >!< os_product) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat');
var os_version = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/version');
if (isnull(os_version)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'Red Hat');
if (!rhel_check_release(operator: 'ge', os_version: os_version, rhel_version: '9')) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat 9.x', 'Red Hat ' + os_version);

if (!get_kb_item('Host/RedHat/rpm-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu && 'ppc' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Red Hat', cpu);

var constraints = [
  {
    'release': '9',
    'repo_relative_urls': [
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/ppc64le/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/s390x/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/s390x/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/s390x/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/ppc64le/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/s390x/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/s390x/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/s390x/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/ppc64le/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/s390x/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/s390x/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/s390x/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
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      'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/s390x/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/s390x/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.5/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.5/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.5/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.5/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.5/ppc64le/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.5/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.5/s390x/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.5/s390x/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.5/s390x/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.5/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.5/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.5/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.6/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.6/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.6/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.6/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.6/ppc64le/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.6/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.6/s390x/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.6/s390x/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.6/s390x/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.6/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.6/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.6/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.7/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.7/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.7/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.7/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
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      'content/dist/rhel9/9.8/s390x/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.8/s390x/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.8/s390x/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.8/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.8/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.8/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.9/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.9/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.9/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.9/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.9/ppc64le/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.9/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.9/s390x/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.9/s390x/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.9/s390x/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.9/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.9/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9.9/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9/ppc64le/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9/s390x/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9/s390x/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9/s390x/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel9/9/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi9/9/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi9/9/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi9/9/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi9/9/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi9/9/ppc64le/appstream/os',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi9/9/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi9/9/s390x/appstream/debug',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi9/9/s390x/appstream/os',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi9/9/s390x/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi9/9/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi9/9/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi9/9/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS'
    ],
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'squid-5.5-22.el9_7.4', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'7'}
    ]
  }
];

var applicable_repo_urls = rhel_determine_applicable_repository_urls(constraints:constraints);
if(applicable_repo_urls == RHEL_REPOS_NO_OVERLAP_MESSAGE) exit(0, RHEL_REPO_NOT_ENABLED);

var os_release = get_one_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/release');
var os_sp = get_one_kb_item('Host/*/minor_release');

var flag = 0;
var repo_relative_urls;
var reference;
var sp;
var _cpu;
var el_string;
var rpm_spec_vers_cmp;
var epoch;
var allowmaj;
var exists_check;
var cves;
foreach var constraint ( constraints ) {
  # Check that the target release is equal to the affected release
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['release'])){
    if (constraint['release'] != os_release) continue;
  }
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['sp'])){
    if (constraint['sp'] != os_sp) continue;
  }

  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['repo_relative_urls'])) repo_relative_urls = constraint['repo_relative_urls'];

  foreach var pkg ( constraint['pkgs'] ) {
    reference = NULL;
    sp = NULL;
    _cpu = NULL;
    el_string = NULL;
    rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
    epoch = NULL;
    allowmaj = NULL;
    exists_check = NULL;
    cves = NULL;
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['reference'])) reference = pkg['reference'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['sp'])) sp = pkg['sp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cpu'])) _cpu = pkg['cpu'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['el_string'])) el_string = pkg['el_string'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['epoch'])) epoch = pkg['epoch'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = pkg['allowmaj'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['exists_check'])) exists_check = pkg['exists_check'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cves'])) cves = pkg['cves'];
    if (reference &&
        rhel_decide_repo_relative_url_check(required_repo_url_list:repo_relative_urls) &&
        (applicable_repo_urls || (!exists_check || rpm_exists(rpm:exists_check))) &&
        rpm_check(sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj, cves:cves)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  var extra = NULL;
  if (isnull(applicable_repo_urls) || !applicable_repo_urls) extra = rpm_report_get() + redhat_report_repo_caveat();
  else extra = rpm_report_get();
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
      extra      : extra
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'squid');
}

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05 Apr 2026 00:00Current
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CVSS 3.17.5
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