CVE-2023-49285

HIGHNVD 7.59.0▲
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score elevated to 9.0 because EPSS predicts 89% probability of exploitation within the next 30 days (top 0.2% of all CVEs). NVD baseline CVSS 7.5 retained for reference. Confidence: see factors.

Triggered by: EPSS exploit prediction ≥85%
Sources: epss, nvd
Trending — 3 sources updated this weekElevated
7.5
EchelonGraph verdictPatch this weekExploitation is likely or a public exploit exists.
  • High exploitation likelihood — EPSS 89%
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 89%CVSS: 7.5Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

Squid is a caching proxy for the Web supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more. Due to a Buffer Overread bug Squid is vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack against Squid HTTP Message processing. This bug is fixed by Squid version 6.5. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

CVSS v3
7.5
EG Score
9.0(high)
EG Risk
—
EPSS
99.8%
KEV
Not listed

Published

December 4, 2023

Last Modified

June 17, 2026

References (18)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2023-49285(9)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(11)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntusquidclient (3.5.12-1ubuntu7.16+esm3) @ xenial2026-05-24ubuntu
ubuntusquidclient (6.1-2ubuntu1.2) @ mantic2026-05-24ubuntu
redhatsquid-7:3.5.20-17.el7_9.102024-04-11redhat
redhatsquid-7:5.2-1.el9_0.42024-03-05redhat
redhatsquid:4-8020020240122164331.4cda2c842024-02-12redhat
redhatsquid:4-8060020231222131040.ad008a3a2024-02-12redhat
redhatsquid:4-8040020240122165847.522a0ee42024-02-12redhat
redhatsquid:4-8080020231222130009.63b345852024-01-24redhat
redhatsquid-7:5.5-6.el9_3.52024-01-08redhat
redhatsquid-7:5.5-5.el9_2.32024-01-08redhat
redhatsquid:4-8090020231207155957.a75119d52024-01-03redhat

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(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(2)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 5× in last 7d / 18× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-22 21:20 UTCEG score recompute▲ 0.40
  2. 2026-07-22 21:20 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-07-22 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-21 15:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-21 15:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-15 16:56 UTCEPSS rescore
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  8. 2026-07-15 02:19 UTCOSV refresh
  9. 2026-07-07 13:44 UTCEPSS rescore
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  11. 2026-07-01 15:05 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-06-27 03:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-06-27 03:07 UTCOSV refresh
  14. 2026-06-24 14:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-06-24 14:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-06-24 06:32 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 7.5
  17. 2026-06-23 21:31 UTCEPSS rescore
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  19. 2026-06-22 14:24 UTCEPSS rescore
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  25. 2026-06-12 23:11 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-06-12 23:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-06-11 13:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-06-10 22:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-06-10 13:21 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-06-09 13:47 UTCOSV refresh
  6. 2026-06-08 14:16 UTCEPSS rescore
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  8. 2026-06-07 15:24 UTCEPSS rescore
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  10. 2026-06-06 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
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  20. 2026-06-02 20:12 UTCEPSS rescore
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  22. 2026-05-31 22:30 UTCEPSS rescore
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  24. 2026-05-31 00:15 UTCEPSS rescore
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  26. 2026-05-29 13:43 UTCEPSS rescore
  27. 2026-05-28 13:44 UTCEPSS rescore
  28. 2026-05-27 13:39 UTCEPSS rescore
  29. 2026-05-27 13:39 UTCEPSS rescore
  30. 2026-05-26 13:43 UTCEPSS rescore
  31. 2026-05-26 13:43 UTCEPSS rescore
  32. 2026-05-24 12:50 UTCEG score recompute
  33. 2026-05-24 12:50 UTCVendor advisory

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2023-49285?
CVE-2023-49285 is a high vulnerability published on December 4, 2023. Squid is a caching proxy for the Web supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more. Due to a Buffer Overread bug Squid is vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack against Squid HTTP Message processing. This bug is fixed by Squid version 6.5. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for…
When was CVE-2023-49285 disclosed?
CVE-2023-49285 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on December 4, 2023, with the most recent update on June 17, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2023-49285 actively exploited?
CVE-2023-49285 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 99.8% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2023-49285?
CVE-2023-49285 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (NVD). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + CISA KEV + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 9.0.
How do I remediate CVE-2023-49285?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2023-49285, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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