5.3

CVE-2024-21733: Apache Tomcat: Leaking of unrelated request bodies in default error page

Modified
AliasesSUSE-SU-2024:0829-1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-21733DEBIAN-CVE-2024-21733
Published 19-01-2024Last modified 03-11-2025

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-21733 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability in apache software foundation apache tomcat. EPSS estimates a 14.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.3, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
14.29%
0%100%
Medium · 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 3 · Related 2
DLA-4017-1SUSE-SU-2026:1058-1USN-7562-1

Timeline

  1. 19-01-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-11-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information vulnerability in Apache Tomcat.This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 8.5.7 through 8.5.63, from 9.0.0-M11 through 9.0.43. Other, EOL versions may also be affected. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 8.5.64 onwards or 9.0.44 onwards, which contain a fix for the issue.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

14.29%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

97%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 14.29% 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, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu3 products
  • tomcat6All versions (No fix recorded)
  • tomcat8< 8.5.39-1ubuntu1~18.04.3+esm5
  • tomcat9< 9.0.16-3ubuntu0.18.04.2+esm7 | < 9.0.31-1ubuntu0.9+esm2
Suse2 products
  • tomcat&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5< 9.0.36-3.121.1
  • tomcat&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5< 9.0.36-3.121.1
Apache1 product
  • tomcat≥ 8.5.7, < 8.5.64 | ≥ 9.0.1, < 9.0.44 | 9.0.0:milestone11 | 9.0.0:milestone12 | 9.0.0:milestone13 | 9.0.0:milestone14 | 9.0.0:milestone15 | 9.0.0:milestone16 | 9.0.0:milestone17 | 9.0.0:milestone18 | 9.0.0:milestone19 | 9.0.0:milestone20 | 9.0.0:milestone21 | 9.0.0:milestone22 | 9.0.0:milestone23 | 9.0.0:milestone24 | 9.0.0:milestone25 | 9.0.0:milestone26 | 9.0.0:milestone27
Apache software foundation1 product
Debian1 product
  • tomcat9< 9.0.53-1
Org.apache.tomcat1 product
  • tomcat-coyote≥ 9.0.0-M11, < 9.0.44 | ≥ 8.5.7, < 8.5.64
Org.apache.tomcat.embed1 product
  • tomcat-embed-core≥ 8.5.7, < 8.5.64 | ≥ 9.0.0-M11, < 9.0.44
Org.apache.tomcat.experimental1 product
  • tomcat-embed-programmatic≥ 9.0.43, < 9.0.44

8 vendors · 11 products

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