ALSA-2026:96078: Important: squid:4 security update

Published Nov 9, 2026
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Updated

Squid is a high-performance proxy caching server for web clients, supporting FTP, and HTTP data objects.

Security Fix(es):

squid: squid: Request Smuggling in HTTP Transfer-Encoding (CVE-2026-61642)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Affected Software

5 affected componentsFixes available
almalinux/libecap<1.0.1-2.module_el8.6.0+2741+01592ae8
1.0.1-2.module_el8.6.0+2741+01592ae8
almalinux/libecap<1.0.1-2.module_el8.6.0+3048+383bc947
1.0.1-2.module_el8.6.0+3048+383bc947
almalinux/libecap-devel<1.0.1-2.module_el8.6.0+2741+01592ae8
1.0.1-2.module_el8.6.0+2741+01592ae8
almalinux/libecap-devel<1.0.1-2.module_el8.6.0+3048+383bc947
1.0.1-2.module_el8.6.0+3048+383bc947
almalinux/squid<7:4.15-10.module_el8.10.0+4354+d3ed158a.13
7:4.15-10.module_el8.10.0+4354+d3ed158a.13

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade almalinux/libecap to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.0.1-2.module_el8.6.0+2741+01592ae8
  2. Upgrade

    Upgrade almalinux/libecap to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.0.1-2.module_el8.6.0+3048+383bc947
  3. Upgrade

    Upgrade almalinux/libecap-devel to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.0.1-2.module_el8.6.0+2741+01592ae8
  4. Upgrade

    Upgrade almalinux/libecap-devel to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.0.1-2.module_el8.6.0+3048+383bc947
  5. Upgrade

    Upgrade almalinux/squid to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 7:4.15-10.module_el8.10.0+4354+d3ed158a.13

Event History

Nov 9, 2026
Advisory Published
via OSV·12:00 AM
Data Sourced
via OSV·12:00 AM
DescriptionAffected Software

Child vulnerabilities

Contains the following vulnerabilities.

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