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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-41611

An issue was discovered in Squid 5.0.6 through 5.1.x before 5.2. When validating an origin server or peer certificate, Squid may incorrectly classify certain certificates as trusted. This problem allows a remote server to obtain security trust well improperly. This indication of trust may be passed along to clients, allowing access to unsafe or hijacked services.

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CVE-2021-41611
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31 Oct 2026, 11:21 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-41611

core-osv · Original source

Published 18 Oct 2021, 09:15 UTC

An issue was discovered in Squid 5.0.6 through 5.1.x before 5.2. When validating an origin server or peer certificate, Squid may incorrectly classify certain certificates as trusted. This problem allows a remote server to obtain security trust well improperly. This indication of trust may be passed along to clients, allowing access to unsafe or hijacked services.

osv:CVE-2021-41611
Complete source record
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  "id": "b2472ff36f4949de37b71a1364f55663e3489f176b799984564d2eb65769f4a3",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-41611",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2021-41611",
    "summary": "An issue was discovered in Squid 5.0.6 through 5.1.x before 5.2. When validating an origin server or peer certificate, Squid may incorrectly classify certain certificates as trusted. This problem allows a remote server to obtain security trust well improperly. This indication of trust may be passed along to clients, allowing access to unsafe or hijacked services.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-41611",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
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        "GHSA-47m4-g3mv-9q5r"
      ],
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "type": "GIT",
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                        "fixed": "5.2"
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          ],
          "versions": [
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            "SQUID_5_0_7",
            "SQUID_5_0_6"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-41611.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:54:01.352612338Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CWQ2WKDWTSO47S3F6XJJ6HGG2ULWEAE4/",
        "https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/security/advisories/GHSA-47m4-g3mv-9q5r"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
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            ],
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              {
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                    "introduced": "35"
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                  }
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              }
            ]
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        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2021-41611",
        "evidence": "/id"
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    "security_relevant": true,
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 384818,
  "published_at": "2021-10-18T09:15:08.823+00:00"
}