CVE-2023-46589 (GCVE-0-2023-46589)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-11-28 15:31
Modified
2025-10-29 12:00
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-444 - Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request Smuggling')
Summary
Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Apache Tomcat.Tomcat from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.0-M10, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.15, from 9.0.0-M1 through 9.0.82 and from 8.5.0 through 8.5.95 did not correctly parse HTTP trailer headers. A trailer header that exceeded the header size limit could cause Tomcat to treat a single
request as multiple requests leading to the possibility of request
smuggling when behind a reverse proxy.
Older, EOL versions may also be affected.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.0-M11 onwards, 10.1.16 onwards, 9.0.83 onwards or 8.5.96 onwards, which fix the issue.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache Software Foundation | Apache Tomcat |
Version: 11.0.0-M1 ≤ 11.0.0-M10 Version: 10.1.0-M1 ≤ 10.1.15 Version: 9.0.0-M1 ≤ 9.0.82 Version: 8.5.0 ≤ 8.5.95 |
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