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CVE-2024-21733

tomcat: Leaking of unrelated request bodies in default error page

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

5.3

CVSS 3.1

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Published · January 19, 2024

Updated · October 2, 2026

Description

An information disclosure vulnerability was found in Apache Tomcat. Incomplete POST requests triggered an error response that could contain data from a previous HTTP request. This flaw allows a remote attacker to access files from another user that should be otherwise prevented by limits or authentication.

Statement

Red Hat Enterprise Linux remains unaffected as the vulnerable version of Tomcat (e.g., versions 8.5.7 through 8.5.63 and 9.0.0 through 9.0.43) has not been shipped or included.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options don't meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CWE-209 · Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information