Multiple vulnerabilities in Apache Tomcat

Description

Multiple serious vulnerabilities have been found in Apache Tomcat. Malicious users can exploit these vulnerabilities to bypass security restrictions.

Below is a complete list of vulnerabilities:

1. A vulnerability related to security constraints defined by annotations of Servlets can be exploited remotely to bypass security restrictions;
2. A vulnerability related URL patterns can be exploited remotely to bypass security restrictions via URL pattern of “”(empty string).

Original advisories

• Apache Tomcat 8.x Security Vulnerabilities

• Apache Tomcat 9.x Security Vulnerabilities
• Apache Tomcat 7.x Security Vulnerabilities

Exploitation

Public exploits exist for this vulnerability.

Related products

• Apache-Tomcat

CVE list

• CVE-2018-1304
  high
• CVE-2018-1305
  high

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