CVE-2018-8020
Subsequently, revoked client certificates may not be properly identified, allowing for users to authenticate with revoked certificates to connections that require mutual TLS.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.15%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Apache Tomcat Native 1.2.0 to 1.2.16 and 1.1.23 to 1.1.34 has a flaw that does not properly check OCSP pre-produced responses, which are lists (multiple entries) of certificate statuses. Subsequently, revoked client certificates may not be properly identified, allowing for users to authenticate with revoked certificates to connections that require mutual TLS. Users not using OCSP checks are not affected by this vulnerability.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.4 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 4.15% probability · 91th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-295
- Affected
- debian/debian linux · apache/tomcat native
- Source
- security@apache.org
EPSS 4.1% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://mail-archives.us.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201807.mbox/%3C20180721101944.GA45239%40minotaur.apache.org%3E
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104934Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041507Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2469Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2470Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ba661b0edd913b39ff129a32d855620dd861883ade05fd88a8ce517d%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f8e0814e11c7f21f42224b6de111cb3f5e5ab5c15b78924c516d4ec2%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r831e0548fad736a98140d0b3b7dc575af0c50faea0b266434ba813cc%40%3Cdev.rocketmq.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb25b42f666d2cac5e6e6b3f771faf60d1f1aa58073dcdd8db14edf8a%40%3Cdev.rocketmq.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rcddf723a4b4117f8ed6042e9ac25e8c5110a617bab77694b61b14833%40%3Cdev.rocketmq.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re3b72cbb13e1dfe85c4a06959a3b6ca6d939b407ecca80db12b54220%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf8e8c091182b45daa50d3557cad9b10bb4198e3f08cf8f1c66a1b08d%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00023.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://mail-archives.us.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201807.mbox/%3C20180721101944.GA45239%40minotaur.apache.org%3E
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104934Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041507Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2469Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2470Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ba661b0edd913b39ff129a32d855620dd861883ade05fd88a8ce517d%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f8e0814e11c7f21f42224b6de111cb3f5e5ab5c15b78924c516d4ec2%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r831e0548fad736a98140d0b3b7dc575af0c50faea0b266434ba813cc%40%3Cdev.rocketmq.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb25b42f666d2cac5e6e6b3f771faf60d1f1aa58073dcdd8db14edf8a%40%3Cdev.rocketmq.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rcddf723a4b4117f8ed6042e9ac25e8c5110a617bab77694b61b14833%40%3Cdev.rocketmq.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re3b72cbb13e1dfe85c4a06959a3b6ca6d939b407ecca80db12b54220%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf8e8c091182b45daa50d3557cad9b10bb4198e3f08cf8f1c66a1b08d%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00023.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.