ALAS2023-2026-1858


Amazon Linux 2023 Security Advisory: ALAS2023-2026-1858
Advisory Released Date: 2026-06-22
Advisory Updated Date: 2026-06-22
Severity: Important

Issue Overview:

Due to an Improper Input Validation bug, Squid is vulnerable to
a Heap-based Buffer Overflow attack against cache digests.

This problem allows a trusted server to perform a Heap-based
Buffer Overflow when sending maliciously crafted replies to
cache_digest request messages.

This attack is limited to Squid instances that have been
compiled with the --enable-cache-digests option. (CVE-2026-50012)


Affected Packages:

squid


Issue Correction:
Run dnf update squid --releasever 2023.12.20260622 or dnf update --advisory ALAS2023-2026-1858 --releasever 2023.12.20260622 to update your system.
More information on how to update your system can be found on this page: Amazon Linux 2023 documentation

New Packages:
aarch64:
    squid-debuginfo-6.13-1.amzn2023.0.5.aarch64
    squid-debugsource-6.13-1.amzn2023.0.5.aarch64
    squid-6.13-1.amzn2023.0.5.aarch64

src:
    squid-6.13-1.amzn2023.0.5.src

x86_64:
    squid-debuginfo-6.13-1.amzn2023.0.5.x86_64
    squid-debugsource-6.13-1.amzn2023.0.5.x86_64
    squid-6.13-1.amzn2023.0.5.x86_64