Improper Input Validation Affecting org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core package, versions [8.5.83,8.5.84) [9.0.40,9.0.69) [10.1.0-M1,10.1.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.34% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHETOMCATEMBED-3225086
  • published 5 Jan 2023
  • disclosed 5 Jan 2023
  • credit Apache Tomcat Security Team

How to fix?

Upgrade org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core to version 8.5.84, 9.0.69, 10.1.2 or higher.

Overview

org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core is a Core Tomcat implementation.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation such that the JsonErrorReportValve does not escape the type, message or description values. In some circumstances these are constructed from user provided data and it is possible for users to supply values that invalidate or manipulate the JSON output.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
7.5 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    None
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NVD

7.5 high
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SUSE

7.5 high
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Red Hat

7.5 high