4.3

CVE-2023-28708: Apache Tomcat: JSESSIONID Cookie missing secure attribute in some configurations

Modified
AliasesSUSE-SU-2023:1669-1SUSE-SU-2023:1672-1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-28708
Published 22-03-2023Last modified 04-11-2025

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-28708 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Unprotected Transport of Credentials vulnerability in apache software foundation apache tomcat. EPSS estimates a 1.83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 4.3, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
1.83%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 12 · Related 5
DLA-3384-1DSA-5381-1MGASA-2023-0138OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13441-1RHSA-2023:4909RHSA-2023:6570

Timeline

  1. 22-03-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-11-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

When using the RemoteIpFilter with requests received from a reverse proxy via HTTP that include the X-Forwarded-Proto header set to https, session cookies created by Apache Tomcat 11.0.0-M1 to 11.0.0.-M2, 10.1.0-M1 to 10.1.5, 9.0.0-M1 to 9.0.71 and 8.5.0 to 8.5.85 did not include the secure attribute. This could result in the user agent transmitting the session cookie over an insecure channel. Older, EOL versions may also be affected.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.83%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

79%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 1.83% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Suse10 products
  • tomcat&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS< 9.0.36-150100.4.90.1
  • tomcat&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS< 9.0.36-3.102.1
  • tomcat&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS< 9.0.36-3.102.1
  • tomcat&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5< 9.0.36-3.102.1
  • tomcat&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS< 9.0.36-150100.4.90.1
Ubuntu3 products
  • tomcat7All versions (No fix recorded)
  • tomcat8All versions (No fix recorded) | < 8.5.39-1ubuntu1~18.04.3+esm5
  • tomcat9< 9.0.16-3ubuntu0.18.04.2+esm4 | < 9.0.31-1ubuntu0.8 | < 9.0.58-1ubuntu0.1+esm4 | < 9.0.70-2ubuntu0.1+esm2 | < 9.0.70-2ubuntu3
Debian2 products
  • tomcat10< 10.1.6-1
  • tomcat9< 9.0.70-2
Apache1 product
  • tomcat≥ 8.5.0, < 8.5.86 | > 9.0.0, < 9.0.72 | > 10.1.0, < 10.1.6 | 11.0.0:milestone1 | 11.0.0:milestone2
Apache software foundation1 product
  • apache tomcat≥ 11.0.0-M1, ≤ 11.0.0-M2 | ≥ 10.1.0-M1, ≤ 10.1.5 | ≥ 9.0.0-M1, ≤ 9.0.71 | ≥ 8.5.0, ≤ 8.5.85
Opensuse1 product
  • tomcat&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 9.0.43-15.1
Org.apache.tomcat1 product
  • tomcat-catalina≥ 11.0.0-M1, < 11.0.0-M3 | ≥ 10.1.0-M1, < 10.1.6 | ≥ 9.0.0-M1, < 9.0.72 | ≥ 8.5.0, < 8.5.86

7 vendors · 19 products

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