CVE-2019-12523
An issue was discovered in Squid before 4.9. When handling a URN request, a corresponding HTTP request is made. This HTTP request doesn't…
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- mitre
Description
An issue was discovered in Squid before 4.9. When handling a URN request, a corresponding HTTP request is made. This HTTP request doesn't go through the access checks that incoming HTTP requests go through. This causes all access checks to be bypassed and allows access to restricted HTTP servers, e.g., an attacker can connect to HTTP servers that only listen on localhost.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 6 months later
· 6 months later
Published
- 5 years later
· 5 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.3% · top 8.8% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.1.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00056.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2019_8.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1156329 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-4213-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-0b16cbdd0e (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-9538783033 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- DSA-4682 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200710 [SECURITY] [DLA 2278-1] squid3 security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- USN-4446-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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