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CVE-2020-8449

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-8449 is a high-severity vulnerability in Squid versions prior to 4.10, affecting various Linux distributions and the Squid caching proxy itself. It allows attackers to bypass security filters and access prohibited server resources due to incorrect input validation in crafted HTTP requests. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a network-exploitable flaw with low attack complexity and high confidentiality impact, but no integrity or availability impact. While no public exploits, Metasploit modules, or KEV entries exist, and there's minimal community discussion or media coverage, organizations using affected Squid versions should patch promptly.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 4.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
18.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
8.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0831 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: squid-7:3.5.20-17.el7_9.4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: squid:4-8030020200828070549.30b713e6
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: squid

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2020-8449Moderate

squid: Improper input validation issues in HTTP Request processing

Feb 3, 2020

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00012.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00010.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00009.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/G6W2IQ7QV2OGREFFUBNVZIDD3RJBDE4R
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TSU6SPANL27AGK5PCGBJOKG4LUWA555J
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202003-34
Third Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20210304-0002
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4289-1
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2020/dsa-4682
Third Party Advisory
squid-cache.org / Advisories/SQUID-2020_1.txt
PatchVendor Advisory
squid-cache.org / Versions/v3/3.5/changesets/SQUID-2020_1.patch
PatchVendor Advisory
squid-cache.org / Versions/v3/3.5/changesets/squid-3.5-8e657e835965c3a011375feaa0359921c5b3e2dd.patch
PatchVendor Advisory
squid-cache.org / Versions/v4/changesets/SQUID-2020_1.patch
PatchVendor Advisory
squid-cache.org / Versions/v4/changesets/squid-4-b3a0719affab099c684f1cd62b79ab02816fa962.patch
PatchVendor Advisory
squid-cache.org / Versions/v4/changesets/squid-4-d8e4715992d0e530871519549add5519cbac0598.patch
PatchVendor Advisory