Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2023-49606

tinyproxy_project tinyproxy Use After Free

Published Apr 6, 2026 · catalog updated Apr 6, 2026 · tinyproxy_project tinyproxy Use After

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CVE-2023-49606 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm tinyproxy_project tinyproxy Use After against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

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Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
63.08%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor tinyproxy_project tinyproxy

A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the HTTP Connection Headers parsing in Tinyproxy 1.11.1 and Tinyproxy 1.10.0. A specially crafted HTTP header can trigger reuse of previously freed memory, which leads to memory corruption and could lead to remote code execution. An attacker needs to make an unauthenticated HTTP request to trigger this vulnerability. VulnCheck canary evidence.

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How to fix CVE-2023-49606

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2023-49606 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm tinyproxy_project tinyproxy Use After against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 63.08%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Apr 6, 2026 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the HTTP Connection Headers parsing in Tinyproxy 1.11.1 and Tinyproxy 1.10.0. A specially crafted HTTP header can trigger reuse of previously freed memory, which leads to memory corruption and could lead to remote code execution. An attacker needs to make an unauthenticated HTTP request to trigger this vulnerability. VulnCheck canary evidence.

  2. Apr 6, 2026 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2023-49606

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2023-49606

    30-day exploitation probability 63.1%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2023-49606

    A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the HTTP Connection Headers parsing in Tinyproxy 1.11.1 and Tinyproxy 1.10.0. A specially crafted HTTP header can trigger reuse of previously freed memory, which leads to memory corruption and could lead to remote code execution. An attack

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.