High
Squid: denial of service in ftp
Type: advisorySources: OSV
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.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-46848
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 3 Nov 2026, 17:51 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:CVE-2023-46848
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-46848",
"method": "structured",
"payload": {
"kind": "advisory",
"title": "Squid: denial of service in ftp",
"summary": "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.",
"evidence": "osv:CVE-2023-46848",
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"severity": "high",
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"type": "GIT",
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"modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:31.272311410Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6266",
"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6268",
"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6748",
"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-46848",
"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/46xxx/CVE-2023-46848.json",
"https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/security/advisories/GHSA-2g3c-pg7q-g59w",
"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-46848",
"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231214-0005/",
"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2245919",
"https://github.com/squid-cache/squid"
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}
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}
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"security_relevant": true,
"severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 498030,
"published_at": "2023-11-03T07:58:05.613+00:00"
}