Vulnerability in Apache Tomcat
CVE-2022-23181
The fix for bug CVE-2020-9484 introduced a time of check, time of use vulnerability into Apache Tomcat 10.1.0-M1 to 10.1.0-M8, 10.0.0-M5 to 10.0.14, 9.0.35 to 9.0.56 and 8.5.55 to 8.5.73 that allowed a local attacker to perform actions with the privileges of the user that the Tomcat process is using. This issue is only exploitable when Tomcat is configured to persist sessions using the FileStore.
Vulnerability class: TOCTOU (Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.007 (52.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 53rd percentile — 52.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apache Tomcat — versions 10.0.0, 10.1.0
- Apache Software Foundation Tomcat — versions Apache Tomcat 10.1 10.1.0-M1 to 10.1.0-M8, Apache Tomcat 10.0 10.0.0-M5 to 10.0.14, Apache Tomcat 9 9.0.35 to 9.0.56
- Oracle Agile Engineering Data Management — versions 6.2.1.0
- Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Policy — versions 1.15.0
- Oracle Financial Services Crime And Compliance Management Studio — versions 8.0.8.2.0, 8.0.8.3.0
- Oracle Managed File Transfer — versions 12.2.1.3.0, 12.2.1.4.0
- Oracle MySQL Enterprise Monitor
- Debian Linux — versions 10.0, 11.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- lists.apache.org/thread/l8x62p3k19yfcb208jo4zrb83k5mfwg9 (Mailing List, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)
- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220217-0010/ (Third Party Advisory)
- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00029.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5265 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-23181?
- CVE-2022-23181 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apache Tomcat, classified under Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2022-01-27.
- How severe is CVE-2022-23181?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-23181 known to be exploited?
- 8 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.