CVE-2024-52316

Aliases:GHSA-xcpr-7mr4-h4xqBIT-tomcat-2024-52316
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 13
Analyzed
Published: 18 Nov 2024, 11:32
Last modified:04 Nov 2025, 15:59

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
high
70/100
CVSS Score
9.8 CRITICAL
v3.1 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
2.49% LOW
2% probability +0.64%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

18 Nov 2024, 11:32
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
04 Nov 2025, 15:59
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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 Metrics

  • v3.1•CRITICAL•Score: 9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 2.49%• Percentile: 86%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-391•Unchecked Error Condition

    [PLANNED FOR DEPRECATION. SEE MAINTENANCE NOTES AND CONSIDER CWE-252, CWE-248, OR CWE-1069.] Ignoring exceptions and other error conditions may allow an attacker to induce unexpected behavior unnoticed.

  • CWE-754•Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions

    The product does not check or incorrectly checks for unusual or exceptional conditions that are not expected to occur frequently during day to day operation of the product.

Affected Systems

  • apache software foundation•apache tomcat

    ≥ 11.0.0-M1, ≤ 11.0.0-M26 | ≥ 10.1.0-M1, ≤ 10.1.30 | ≥ 9.0.0-M1, ≤ 9.0.95 | ≥ 8.5.0, ≤ 8.5.100

  • Unknown•Tomcat

    ≥ 9.0.0, < 9.0.96 | ≥ 10.1.0, < 10.1.31 | 11.0.0:milestone1 | 11.0.0:milestone10 | 11.0.0:milestone11 | 11.0.0:milestone12 | 11.0.0:milestone13 | 11.0.0:milestone14 | 11.0.0:milestone15 | 11.0.0:milestone16 | 11.0.0:milestone17 | 11.0.0:milestone18 | 11.0.0:milestone19 | 11.0.0:milestone2 | 11.0.0:milestone20 | 11.0.0:milestone21 | 11.0.0:milestone22 | 11.0.0:milestone23 | 11.0.0:milestone24 | 11.0.0:milestone25 | 11.0.0:milestone26 | 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

  • debian•debian_linux

    11.0

  • org.apache.tomcat•tomcat-catalina

    < 9.0.96 | ≥ 10.1.0-M1, < 10.1.30 | ≥ 11.0.0-M1, < 11.0.1

References (10)