Is CVE-2025-62168 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-62168 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-11-05.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-62168?

CVE-2025-62168 has a CVSS score of 10 (CRITICAL severity). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N.

How do I patch CVE-2025-62168?

Patch guidance is available from squid-cache security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2025-62168.

Fix CVE-2025-62168 - CRITICAL squid-cache squid

Description

Squid is a caching proxy for the Web. In Squid versions prior to 7.2, a failure to redact HTTP authentication credentials in error handling allows information disclosure. The vulnerability allows a script to bypass browser security protections and learn the credentials a trusted client uses to authenticate. This potentially allows a remote client to identify security tokens or credentials used internally by a web application using Squid for backend load balancing. These attacks do not require Squid to be configured with HTTP authentication. The vulnerability is fixed in version 7.2. As a workaround, disable debug information in administrator mailto links generated by Squid by configuring squid.conf with email_err_data off.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector: network
Complexity: low
Privileges: none
User Action: none
Scope: changed
Confidentiality: high
Integrity: high
Availability: none
Weaknesses: CWE-209 CWE-550

Metadata

Primary Vendor: SQUID-CACHE
Published: 10/17/2025
Last Modified: 11/5/2025
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-2025-62168. CVEDatabase.com. Retrieved 1 May 2026. https://cvedatabase.com/cve/CVE-2025-62168

View on NIST NVD

CVE-2025-62168 vulnerability