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tinyproxy: vulnerability history, versions and safety

tinyproxy is a package in the Ubuntu ecosystem. Vulert records 7 vulnerabilities for it across 4 releases, from Jul 2017 to Jan 2025. Each vulnerability names the versions it affects, the fixed version to move to, and a workaround where no fix has been published.

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7 vulnerabilities recorded U7
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1 with no fix published

No patched version yet — these are the ones to plan around.

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0 in the last 12 months

Nothing new recorded in the last year.

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0 malicious-package vulnerabilities

No published version shipped hostile code.

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Vulert verdict on tinyproxy i

Updated on 23 Oct 2026

Careful: one of the 7 vulnerabilities Vulert records for this package has no fix yet. Plan around that one, or apply its workaround. The rest have a fixed version to move to.

Long-term outlook: usable, but needs attention 7 vulnerabilities on record across 7 years, none in the last year.

What to do: Plan around the 1 vulnerability with no published fix: each lists the affected range and any workaround that reduces exposure. No fix yet: Vulert alerts you the moment one is published. Monitor it with Vulert →

  • Vulnerabilities on record 7 over 7 years · 0 in the last year i
  • Latest disclosure 08 Jan 2025 i
  • Highest CVSS 9.8 i
  • With no published fix 1 i

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01 Versions

Which versions are affected

Every version Vulert holds for tinyproxy, newest first, with the vulnerabilities that name it. A version with a count of zero has no recorded vulnerabilities; open a version to see the vulnerabilities it is exposed to.

Newest 4 of 4 versions on record. Severity counts are the vulnerabilities recorded against that exact release.

02 Disclosure history

How often vulnerabilities are recorded

  • 2017 1
  • 2021 1
  • 2022 1
  • 2024 2
  • 2025 2

Counted by the year Vulert recorded each vulnerability — the same date the table below shows as disclosed. 0 of the 7 were recorded in the last 12 months.

03 Vulnerabilities

Recorded vulnerabilities for tinyproxy

The 5 most severe of 7 vulnerabilities recorded for this package

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Vulnerability Severity Fixed version ↓ Disclosed ↓
Critical Use-After-Free Vulnerability in Tinyproxy Package 9.8 critical 1.8.3-3ubuntu14.04.1~esm3 01 May 2024
Heap Data Leak Vulnerability in Tinyproxy: CVE-2022-40468 7.5 high 1.8.3-3ubuntu14.04.1~esm2 19 Sep 2022
Critical Vulnerability in Tinyproxy: CVE-2023-40533 5.9 medium No fix published 01 May 2024
Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Tinyproxy Package 5.5 medium 1.8.3-3ubuntu14.04.1~esm1 30 Jul 2017
Critical Vulnerability in Tinyproxy: Insecure PID File Permissions N/A unrated 1.8.3-3ubuntu14.04.1~esm1 15 Mar 2021

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Updated: 23/Oct/2026 · Vulnerabilities in our DB: 524315

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Questions

About tinyproxy

Is tinyproxy safe to use?

Vulert records 7 vulnerabilities for tinyproxy in Ubuntu: 0 critical, 0 high, 0 medium and 0 low, plus 7 not yet rated. 1 of them has no published fix yet, so that is the one to avoid or mitigate.

How many vulnerabilities does tinyproxy have?

7 vulnerabilities are recorded for tinyproxy in the Ubuntu ecosystem: 0 critical, 0 high, 0 medium and 0 low, plus 7 not yet rated. The ledger on this page lists the same counts next to the date of the most recent disclosure.

How often are new tinyproxy vulnerabilities disclosed?

0 vulnerabilities were recorded for tinyproxy in the last 12 months, and the oldest entry in this database dates to 30 Jul 2017. Recency matters more than a lifetime total: it shows how actively new issues are being disclosed for the package you are considering.

Which versions of tinyproxy are affected?

Each vulnerability on this page lists the affected version range and the fixed version to move to. Open the vulnerability for the version you actually run — fixes are specific to a release line, not to the package as a whole.

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