CVE-2015-5400

medium
Published 2015-09-28 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
6.8

Description

Squid before 3.5.6 does not properly handle CONNECT method peer responses when configured with cache_peer, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended restrictions and gain access to a backend proxy via a CONNECT request.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5400

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.5/changesets/squid-3.5-13856.patch

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.4/changesets/squid-3.4-13225.patch

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.1/changesets/squid-3.1-10494.patch

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2015_2.txt

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5400.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debian7.0affected
debian debian8.0affected
fedora fedora22affected
debian debianbookwormfixed4.1-1
debian debianbullseyefixed4.1-1
debian debianforkyfixed4.1-1
debian debiansidfixed4.1-1
debian debiantrixiefixed4.1-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
squid-cachesquid{"endIncluding":"3.5.2"}

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.