Critical severity9.3OSV Advisory· Published Nov 3, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2023-46846

Description

SQUID is vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling, caused by chunked decoder lenience, allows a remote attacker to perform Request/Response smuggling past firewall and frontend security systems.

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Affected products

osv-coords21 versions
pkg:rpm/almalinux/squid pkg:rpm/almalinux/libecap pkg:rpm/almalinux/libecap-devel pkg:rpm/opensuse/squid&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed pkg:rpm/suse/squid&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Server%20Applications%2015%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/squid&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Server%20Applications%2015%20SP5 pkg:rpm/opensuse/squid&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4 pkg:rpm/opensuse/squid&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5 pkg:rpm/suse/squid&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%207.1 pkg:rpm/suse/squid&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/squid&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5 pkg:rpm/suse/squid&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5 pkg:rpm/suse/squid&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-ESPOS pkg:rpm/suse/squid&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/squid&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/squid&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP2-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/squid&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP3-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/squid&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP1 pkg:rpm/suse/squid&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/squid&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/squid&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP2-LTSS
< 7:5.5-5.el9_2.1+ 20 more
- (no CPE)range: < 7:5.5-5.el9_2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.0.1-2.module_el8.6.0+2741+01592ae8
- (no CPE)range: < 1.0.1-2.module_el8.6.0+2741+01592ae8
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.7-150400.3.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.7-150400.3.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.7-150400.3.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.7-150400.3.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.17-150000.5.38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.17-150000.5.38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.17-4.30.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.17-4.30.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.17-150000.5.38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.17-150000.5.38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.17-150000.5.38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.17-150000.5.38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.17-150000.5.38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.17-150000.5.38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.17-150000.5.38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.17-150000.5.38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.17-150000.5.38.1
Squidex/Squidexllm-fuzzy
Squid Cache/SquidOSV2 versions
4.15-20210522-snapshot, 4.15-20210523-snapshot, 4.15-20210524-snapshot, …+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: 4.15-20210522-snapshot, 4.15-20210523-snapshot, 4.15-20210524-snapshot, …
- cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=2.6,<6.4
Red Hat/Enterprise Linux Server2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Red Hat/Enterprise Linux Eus4 versions
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Red Hat/Enterprise Linux For Arm 64
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_arm_64:8.0_aarch64:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Red Hat/Enterprise Linux For Ibm Z Systems
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems:8.0_s390x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Red Hat/Enterprise Linux For Power Little Endian
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian:8.0_ppc64le:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Red Hat/Enterprise Linux Server Aus4 versions
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Red Hat/Enterprise Linux Server Tus5 versions
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6266nvdThird Party Advisory
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6267nvdThird Party Advisory
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6268nvdThird Party Advisory
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6748nvdThird Party Advisory
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6801nvdThird Party Advisory
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6803nvdThird Party Advisory
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6804nvdThird Party Advisory
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6810nvdThird Party Advisory
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7213nvdThird Party Advisory
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-46846nvdThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
github.com/squid-cache/squid/security/advisories/GHSA-j83v-w3p4-5cqhnvdVendor Advisory
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:11049nvd
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00003.htmlnvd
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00008.htmlnvd
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231130-0002/nvd

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