THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2023-46848
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2023-46848

Squid vulnerability

CVSS
8.6
EPSS
10.2%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
Squid is vulnerable to Denial of Service, where a remote attacker can perform DoS by sending ftp:// URLs in HTTP Request messages or constructing ftp:// URLs from FTP Native input.
Affected vendor
Squid Cache
Affected product
Squid
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-681 — Incorrect Conversion between Numeric Types
Published
2023-11-03

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 10.2% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2023-46848

  • Confirm whether Squid Cache Squid is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2023-46848.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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