Apache Traffic Server
Fast, scalable caching proxy server
Apache Traffic Server is a high-performance, scalable caching proxy server used as a forward and reverse proxy. It was originally developed by Inktomi and later donated to Apache.
Key features
- Forward and reverse caching
- High concurrency
- Plugin API
- HTTP/2 and TLS support
Strengths
- Released under the Apache-2.0 license
- First-class Docker support for quick deployment
- Active community (2k GitHub stars)
- Written in C++
Is Apache Traffic Server secure?
OSV.dev lists 118 published advisories for Apache Traffic Server. It doesn't publish GitHub releases we can match, so we can't say which of them apply to the current version. 1 advisory has no fixed version on record.
No fixed version on record
| Advisory | Severity | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| OSV-2024-451 | Unknown | Use-of-uninitialized-value in XpackDynamicTable::_make_space |
- Most recent fixed advisory CVE-2026-58154, published 2026-07-29 (77 days ago), fixed in 9.2.15, 10.1.4
Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.
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