Squidbleed: 29-Year-Old Squid Bug Leaks User Credentials

Squidbleed is a 29-year-old Squid Proxy flaw that can leak credentials, tokens, and other users' HTTP data through a memory overread.

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🤖 Squidbleed: a 29-year-old heap over-read in Squid proxy can leak cleartext HTTP requests containing credentials and session tokens. The bug traces to a 1997 FTP-parsing code change and affects the default configuration. Disclosed by Calif.io.

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29-Year-Old Squid Proxy Bug 'Squidbleed' Can Leak Cleartext HTTP Requests

Squidbleed CVE-2026-47729 can expose cleartext HTTP credentials from users sharing the same Squid proxy.

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Squid Proxy Bug Exposes Cleartext HTTP Requests

A newly discovered bug, dubbed Squidbleed, has been found in the popular Squid web proxy, allowing attackers to intercept sensitive HTTP requests and steal valuable credentials. This 20-year-old vulnerability, traced back to a 1997 FTP-parsing change, still affects Squid's default configuration.

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Squid Proxy Bug Exposes Cleartext HTTP Requests

Learn about the Squid Proxy bug that exposes cleartext HTTP requests and how to protect your network from this vulnerability now.

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Den Squid-Proxy zu fixen, damit er nicht mehr in http und ftp angegriffen werden kann...

Das ist ein wenig so, wie heute das Türschloss vom Stall einer Pony-Express-Station zu reparieren. 😜

Ja ok, jeder Bug ist es wert, gefunden und gefixt zu werden. 😉

https://www.golem.de/news/squidbleed-29-jahre-alte-luecke-in-populaerer-proxy-software-entdeckt-2606-210022.html

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Squidbleed: 29 Jahre alte Lücke in populärer Proxy-Software entdeckt - Golem.de

Seit 1997 klafft in der Proxy-Software Squid eine Lücke, mit der sich HTTP-Traffic abgreifen lässt. Drei Jahrzehnte später hat eine KI sie gefunden.

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