6.1

CVE-2023-41080: Apache Tomcat: Open redirect with FORM authentication

Modified
AliasesSUSE-SU-2023:3987-1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-41080DEBIAN-CVE-2023-41080
Published 25-08-2023Last modified 29-10-2025

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-41080 is a medium (CVSS 6.1) URL Redirection to Untrusted Site vulnerability in apache software foundation apache tomcat. EPSS estimates a 6.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 6.1, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
6.1/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
6.46%
0%100%
Low · +0.41 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 14 · Related 7
DLA-3617-1DSA-5521-1DSA-5522-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13441-1RHSA-2023:7622RHSA-2024:0125

Timeline

  1. 25-08-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 29-10-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect') vulnerability in FORM authentication feature Apache Tomcat.This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.0-M10, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.0.12, from 9.0.0-M1 through 9.0.79 and from 8.5.0 through 8.5.92. Older, EOL versions may also be affected. The vulnerability is limited to the ROOT (default) web application.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

6.46%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

94%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.41 pp

From 6.05% 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.

Ubuntu4 products
  • tomcat6All versions (No fix recorded)
  • tomcat7All versions (No fix recorded)
  • tomcat8All versions (No fix recorded)
  • tomcat9< 9.0.16-3ubuntu0.18.04.2+esm4 | < 9.0.31-1ubuntu0.8 | < 9.0.58-1ubuntu0.1+esm4
Debian3 products
  • tomcat10< 10.1.6-1+deb12u1 | < 10.1.13-1
  • tomcat9< 9.0.70-2
  • debian_linuxEOL10.0 | 11.0
Org.apache.tomcat2 products
  • tomcat≥ 11.0.0-M1, < 11.0.0-M11 | ≥ 10.1.0-M1, < 10.1.13 | ≥ 9.0.0-M1, < 9.0.80 | ≥ 8.5.0, < 8.5.93
  • tomcat-catalina≥ 10.1.0-M1, < 10.1.13 | ≥ 9.0.0-M1, < 9.0.80 | ≥ 8.5.0, < 8.5.93
Suse2 products
  • tomcat&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5< 9.0.36-3.108.1
  • tomcat&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5< 9.0.36-3.108.1
Apache1 product
  • tomcat≥ 8.5.0, ≤ 8.5.92 | ≥ 9.0.0, ≤ 9.0.79 | ≥ 10.1.0, ≤ 10.1.12 | 11.0.0:milestone1 | 11.0.0:milestone10 | 11.0.0:milestone2 | 11.0.0:milestone3 | 11.0.0:milestone4 | 11.0.0:milestone5 | 11.0.0:milestone6 | 11.0.0:milestone7 | 11.0.0:milestone8 | 11.0.0:milestone9
Apache software foundation1 product
  • apache tomcat≥ 11.0.0-M1, ≤ 11.0.0-M10 | ≥ 10.1.0-M1, ≤ 10.0.12 | ≥ 9.0.0-M1, ≤ 9.0.79 | ≥ 8.5.0, ≤ 8.5.92
Chainguard1 product
  • tomcat-8.5.87< 8.5.87-r3
Opensuse1 product
  • tomcat&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 9.0.80-1.1
Org.apache.tomcat.embed1 product
  • tomcat-embed-core≥ 8.5.0, < 8.5.93 | ≥ 9.0.0-M1, < 9.0.80 | ≥ 10.1.0-M1, < 10.1.13 | ≥ 11.0.0-M1, < 11.0.0-M11

9 vendors · 16 products

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