Apache Tomcat: Authentication bypass when using Jakarta Authentication API
- Published
- Last modified
- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- The rating the maker of the software gives it. Shown when it differs from the CVSS level.What do these mean? →
- Low (apache)
- Fix
- Fixed in 9.0.96, 10.1.30, 11.0.1
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- 1 proof of concept on GitHub
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: yes
- Technical impact: total
Summary
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.
Timeline
- CVE published
- CISA SSVC assessment
Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- Apache Software Foundation 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; From 8.5.0 · through 8.5.100
- org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalinaMaven
fixed in 9.0.96
- org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalinaMaven
From 10.1.0-M1 · fixed in 10.1.30
- org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalinaMaven
From 11.0.0-M1 · fixed in 11.0.1