Tinyproxy through 1.11.3 Hostname ACL Allow-List Bypass via Suffix Match
- Exploited
- No known exploitation
- Fix
- Fix or patch referenced
- Who is exposed
- Not reported
Do first: Apply the patch listed under Evidence.
- Last modified
- A 0-100 score for how much a CVE matters across the industry: exploitation, exposure, how widely the software is used, severity and whether a fix exists.What do these mean? →
- 23/100 · provisional
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
Summary
Tinyproxy, a lightweight HTTP proxy, can be tricked into letting unauthorized clients through its hostname-based access control list. An attacker who controls the reverse DNS (PTR) record for their own IP address, such as one ending in untrusted.net, can match an allow entry for trusted.net and use the proxy remotely, without logging in.
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Tinyproxy through 1.11.3 contains an access control bypass vulnerability in acl_string_processing() in src/acl.c that compares only trailing hostname characters without checking DNS label boundaries. Attackers controlling the PTR record for their source IP, such as untrusted.net, can satisfy an 'Allow trusted.net' entry to use the proxy despite deny-by-default ACLs.
cve.now Index
- Exploitation?/40Unknown. No CISA SSVC exploitation rating yet
- Exposure17/25No login or user action needed per the CVSS vector, reachable over the network without a login · Unknown: No advisory context yet
- Reach?/20Unknown. No tracked technology or package matched
- Severity6.3/10CVSS 6.3
- No patch0/5No signal
What would change the score
- Would score about 68 if added to CISA KEV
- Would score about 63 if CISA's SSVC rates exploitation active
- Would score about 28 if advisories confirm default setups are exposed
What to do
Apply the patch listed under Evidence.
Timeline
- CVE published
- First seen by cve.now
Affected versions
- tinyproxy tinyproxy
through 1.11.3
Evidence 5
- Patch
- Report
- Repository
- Repository
- Link
Corrections
None so far.
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Questions about CVE-2026-125371
Is CVE-2026-125371 being exploited?
It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.Source: cve.now feed data
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-125371?
tinyproxy: through 1.11.3.Source: cve.now feed data