HTTP Request Smuggling Affecting org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core package, versions [7.0.98,7.0.100) [8.5.48,8.5.51) [9.0.28,9.0.31)
Threat Intelligence
Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
0.34% (73rd
percentile)
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- published 25 Feb 2020
- disclosed 24 Feb 2020
- credit @ZeddYu
How to fix?
Upgrade org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core to version 7.0.100, 8.5.51, 9.0.31 or higher.
Overview
org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core is a Core Tomcat implementation.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to HTTP Request Smuggling. Invalid Transfer-Encoding headers were incorrectly processed, leading to possible information exposure if Tomcat was located behind a reverse proxy that incorrectly handled the invalid Transfer-Encoding header.
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