Vulnerability Report

CVE-2023-5824

Title: Squid-Cache Squid Denial of Service (DoS)

Denial of Service (DoS)

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2023-5824.

CWE Category CWE-755
Published Date Nov 03, 2023
Modified Date Nov 03, 2025
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.5 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
5.19%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2023-5824: A flaw was found in Squid. The limits applied for validation of HTTP response headers are applied before caching. However, Squid may grow a cached HTTP response header beyond the configured maximum size, causing a stall or crash of the worker process when a large header is retrieved from the disk cache, resulting in a denial of service.

Impacted Vendors

S
squid 1
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squid-cache 1

Reference Links

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7465 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7668 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0072 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0397 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0771 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0772 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0773 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1153 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5824 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2245914 https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/security/advisories/GHSA-543m-w2m2-g255 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7465 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7668 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0072 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0397 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0771 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0772 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0773 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1153 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5824 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2245914 https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/security/advisories/GHSA-543m-w2m2-g255 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/09/msg00027.html https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231130-0003/
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2023-5824 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.