Vulnerabilities / CVE-2020-26154

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CVE-2020-26154

libproxy: sending more than 102400 bytes in PAC without a Content-Length present could result in buffer overflow

Published Modified CWE 120
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD, CBL-Mariner. Rated lower by Red Hat (medium), Ubuntu (medium).

Description

url.cpp in libproxy through 0.4.15 is prone to a buffer overflow when PAC is enabled, as demonstrated by a large PAC file that is delivered without a Content-length header.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
CBL-Mariner 2.0libproxy0:0.4.17-5.cm2
alpine 3.12libproxy0.4.15-r8
alpine 3.13libproxy0.4.15-r9
alpine 3.14libproxy0.4.15-r9
alpine 3.15libproxy0.4.15-r9
alpine 3.16libproxy0.4.15-r9
alpine 3.17libproxy0.4.15-r9
alpine 3.18libproxy0.4.15-r9
alpine 3.19libproxy0.4.15-r9
alpine 3.20libproxy0.4.15-r9
alpine 3.21libproxy0.4.15-r9
alpine 3.22libproxy0.4.15-r9
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SourcePackageFixed in
CBL-Mariner 2.0libproxy0:0.4.17-5.cm2
alpine 3.12libproxy0.4.15-r8
alpine 3.13libproxy0.4.15-r9
alpine 3.14libproxy0.4.15-r9
alpine 3.15libproxy0.4.15-r9
alpine 3.16libproxy0.4.15-r9
alpine 3.17libproxy0.4.15-r9
alpine 3.18libproxy0.4.15-r9
alpine 3.19libproxy0.4.15-r9
alpine 3.20libproxy0.4.15-r9
alpine 3.21libproxy0.4.15-r9
alpine 3.22libproxy0.4.15-r9
alpine 3.23libproxy0.4.15-r9
alpine 3.24libproxy0.4.15-r9
alpine edgelibproxy0.4.15-r9
debian 10libproxy0.4.15-5+deb10u1
debian 11libproxy0.4.15-15
debian 12libproxy0.4.15-15
debian 13libproxy0.4.15-15
debian 14libproxy0.4.15-15
debian 9libproxy0.4.14-2+deb9u2
echolibproxy0.4.15-15
ubuntu 16.04libproxy0.4.11-5ubuntu1.2
ubuntu 16.04-ESMlibproxy0.4.11-5ubuntu1.2
ubuntu 18.04libproxy0.4.15-1ubuntu0.2
ubuntu 18.04-ESMlibproxy0.4.15-1ubuntu0.2
ubuntu 20.04libproxy0.4.15-10ubuntu1.2
ubuntu 20.04-ESMlibproxy0.4.15-10ubuntu1.2
ubuntu 20.10libproxy0.4.15-13ubuntu1.1

References

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