Session Fixation Affecting org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core package, versions [9.0.0.M1, 9.0.30) [8.5.0,8.5.50) [,7.0.99)
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
High
User Interaction
Required
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.39% (73rd
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHETOMCATEMBED-538488
- published 20 Dec 2019
- disclosed 18 Dec 2019
- credit William Marlow (IBM)
Introduced: 18 Dec 2019
CVE-2019-17563 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core to version 9.0.30, 8.5.50, 7.0.99 or higher.
Overview
org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core is a Core Tomcat implementation.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Session Fixation. When using FORM authentication there was a narrow window where an attacker could perform a session fixation attack. The window was considered too narrow for an exploit to be practical but, erring on the side of caution, this issue has been treated as a security vulnerability.