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29-Year-Old Squid Proxy Bug 'Squidbleed' Can Leak Cleartext HTTP Requests

AI synthesis The Squidbleed vulnerability, a 29-year-old heap over-read in Squid Proxy, exposes cleartext HTTP requests, including credentials and tokens, to other proxy users.

vulnerability CVE-2026-47729
Why this ranks Transparent score: 14
coverage +6 source breadth +4 urgency +0 freshness +4

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  1. The Hacker News First observed

    29-Year-Old Squid Proxy Bug 'Squidbleed' Can Leak Cleartext HTTP Requests ↗

    A heap over-read in the Squid web proxy can leak another user's cleartext HTTP request, including any credentials or session tokens it carries, to anyone already allowed to send traffic through the same proxy. The bug traces to a 1997 FTP-parsing change and is still live in Sq...

  2. Security Affairs Coverage expanded

    Squidbleed: 29-Year-Old Squid Bug Leaks User Credentials ↗

    Squidbleed is a 29-year-old Squid Proxy flaw that can leak credentials, tokens, and other users’ HTTP data through a memory overread. Researchers at Calif.io have disclosed CVE-2026-47729, a memory leak vulnerability in Squid Proxy that was introduced in 1997 and has remained ...