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High ALAS2023-2026-1858 1 CVE

Important: squid security update (Amazon Linux 2023)

Published Jun 22, 2026 · Updated Jun 22, 2026

Ecosystem: Amazon Linux

Summary

Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2023 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2026-50012: Due to an Improper Input Validation bug, Squid is vulnerable to a Heap-based Buffer Overflow attack against cache digests. This problem allows a trusted server to perform a Heap-based Buffer Overflow when sending maliciously crafted replies to cache_digest request messages. This attack is limited to Squid instances that have been compiled with the --enable-cache-digests option.

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
Amazon Linux · 2023 squid 7:6.13-1.amzn2023.0.5
Amazon Linux · 2023 squid-debuginfo 7:6.13-1.amzn2023.0.5
Amazon Linux · 2023 squid-debugsource 7:6.13-1.amzn2023.0.5

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Medium 5.5
    CVE-2026-50012

    Squid: Memory corruption in cache_digest reply handling

    Squid is a caching proxy for the Web. Prior to 7.6, due to an improper input validation bug in cache digest reply handling (peerDigestSwapInMask in src/peer_digest.cc), Squid is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow: a cache digest's on-the-wire size may…

    squid-cache squid squid squid3 Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux Alpine

References

  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2026-50012.html