CVE-2021-28662

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

71.87% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 99.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2021-05-27 00:00Z5 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-03 21:47Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2021-03-18

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-116Improper Encoding or Escaping of OutputClass
• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

b1fc9592d1346f6b85a78081a84eb7d01fe4d7e759c70fb9098facbc159487ed

• github.comhttps://github.com/squid-cache/squid/security/advisories/GHSA-jjq6-mh2h-g39h
• github.comhttps://github.com/squid-cache/squid/commit/051824924c709bd6162a378f746fb859454c674e
• www.squid-cache.orghttp://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v6/changesets/squid-6-051824924c709bd6162a378f746fb859454c674e.patch
• www.debian.orgDSA-4924https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4924vendor-advisory
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-c0bec55ec7https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LSQ3U54ZCNXR44QRPW3AV2VCS6K3TKCF/vendor-advisory
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-24af72ff2chttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T4EPIWUZDJAXADDHVOPKRBTQHPBR6H66/vendor-advisory
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20231011 Squid Caching Proxy Security Audit: 55 Vulnerabilities, 35 0days.http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/11/3mailing-list
• seclists.org20231016 Squid Caching Proxy Security Audit: 55 Vulnerabilities, 35 0days.http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/14mailing-list