CVE-2023-46589
HIGH7.5EPSS 53.7%Apache Tomcat: HTTP request smuggling via malformed trailer headers
Published: 11/28/2023Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Apache Tomcat.Tomcat from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.0-M10, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.15, from 9.0.0-M1 through 9.0.82 and from 8.5.0 through 8.5.95 did not correctly parse HTTP trailer headers. A trailer header that exceeded the header size limit could cause Tomcat to treat a single request as multiple requests leading to the possibility of request smuggling when behind a reverse proxy. Older, EOL versions may also be affected. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.0-M11 onwards, 10.1.16 onwards, 9.0.83 onwards or 8.5.96 onwards, which fix the issue.
Affected packages (8)
- Bitnami/tomcat>= 8.5.0, < 8.5.96, >= 9.0.0, < 9.0.83, >= 10.1.0, < 10.1.16
- Debian/tomcat10from 0, < 10.1.6-1+deb12u2
- Debian/tomcat10from 0, < 10.1.6-1+deb12u2
- Debian/tomcat9from 0, < 9.0.43-2~deb11u10
- Debian/tomcat9from 0, < 9.0.43-2~deb11u10
- Debian/tomcat9from 0, < 9.0.31-1~deb10u11
- Maven/org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core>= 11.0.0-M1, < 11.0.0-M11
- Maven/org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina>= 11.0.0-M1, < 11.0.0-M11
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
References (17)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-46589
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-46589
- PATCHhttps://github.com/apache/tomcat
- WEBhttps://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/6f181e1062a472bc5f0234980f66cbde42c1041b
- WEBhttps://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/7a2d8818fcea0b51747a67af9510ce7977245ebd
- WEBhttps://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/aa92971e879a519384c517febc39fd04c48d4642
- WEBhttps://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/b5776d769bffeade865061bc8ecbeb2b56167b08
- WEBhttps://lists.apache.org/thread/0rqq6ktozqc42ro8hhxdmmdjm1k1tpxr
- WEBhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00001.html
- WEBhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231214-0009
- WEBhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231214-0009/
- WEBhttps://tomcat.apache.org/security-10.html
- WEBhttps://tomcat.apache.org/security-11.html
- WEBhttps://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html
- WEBhttps://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html
- WEBhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/28/2
- WEBhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/28/2