CVE-2024-52316
Unchecked Error Condition vulnerability in Apache Tomcat.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.25%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Unchecked Error Condition vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. If Tomcat is configured to use a custom Jakarta Authentication (formerly JASPIC) ServerAuthContext component which may throw an exception during the authentication process without explicitly setting an HTTP status to indicate failure, the authentication may not fail, allowing the user to bypass the authentication process. There are no known Jakarta Authentication components that behave in this way. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.0-M26, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.30, from 9.0.0-M1 through 9.0.95. The following versions were EOL at the time the CVE was created but are known to be affected: 8.5.0 though 8.5.100. Other EOL versions may also be affected. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.0, 10.1.31 or 9.0.96, which fix the issue.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 6.25% probability · 93th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-391, CWE-754
- Affected
- apache/tomcat · debian/debian linux
- Source
- security@apache.org
References
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/lopzlqh91jj9n334g02om08sbysdb928Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/11/18/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00009.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250124-0003/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.