Is CVE-2024-45802 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-45802 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-11-03.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-45802?

CVE-2024-45802 has a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH severity). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

How do I patch CVE-2024-45802?

Patch guidance is available from squid-cache security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2024-45802.

Fix CVE-2024-45802 - HIGH squid-cache squid

Description

Squid is an open source caching proxy for the Web supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more. Due to Input Validation, Premature Release of Resource During Expected Lifetime, and Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime bugs, Squid is vulnerable to Denial of Service attacks by a trusted server against all clients using the proxy. This bug is fixed in the default build configuration of Squid version 6.10.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector: network
Complexity: low
Privileges: none
User Action: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: none
Availability: high
Weaknesses: CWE-20 · Improper Input ValidationNVD-CWE-noinfo

Metadata

Primary Vendor: SQUID-CACHE
Published: 10/28/2024
Last Modified: 11/3/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

squid-cache : squid

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

Cite this page

CVE-2024-45802. CVEDatabase.com. Retrieved 1 May 2026. https://cvedatabase.com/cve/CVE-2024-45802

View on NIST NVD

CVE-2024-45802 vulnerability