Squid before 4.9, when certain web browsers are used, mishandles HTML in the host (aka hostname) parameter to cachemgr.cgi.
CVE-2019-18860
Score 6.1 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2022-05-24. NVD baseline CVSS 6.1; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 6.1
- EG Score
- 6.1(medium)
- EG Risk
- —
- EPSS
- 91.9%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
March 20, 2020
Last Modified
November 5, 2025
References (15)
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00018.html
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/squid-cache/squid/pull/504
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/squid-cache/squid/pull/505
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00009.html
- cve@mitrehttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4356-1/
- cve@mitrehttps://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4732
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00018.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/11/04/7
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/11/05/1
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/11/05/7
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/pull/504
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/pull/505
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00009.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/4356-1/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4732
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2019-18860(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Patch Availability(2)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | squidclient (4.8-1ubuntu2.3) @ eoan | 2026-05-27 | ubuntu |
| redhat | squid:4-8030020200828070549.30b713e6 | 2020-11-04 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Weakness Classification(1)
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(1)
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Data Freshness Timeline
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