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CVE-2022-42252

HIGH

7.5

Description

If Apache Tomcat 8.5.0 to 8.5.82, 9.0.0-M1 to 9.0.67, 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.26 or 10.1.0-M1 to 10.1.0 was configured to ignore invalid HTTP headers via setting rejectIllegalHeader to false (the default for 8.5.x only), Tomcat did not reject a request containing an invalid Content-Length header making a request smuggling attack possible if Tomcat was located behind a reverse proxy that also failed to reject the request with the invalid header.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score7.5

SeverityHIGH

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published11/1/2022

Last Modified5/6/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

apache:tomcat

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-444CWE-444CWE-444

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread/zzcxzvqfdqn515zfs3dxb7n8gty589sq(security@apache.org)

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-37(security@apache.org)

https://lists.apache.org/thread/zzcxzvqfdqn515zfs3dxb7n8gty589sq(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-37(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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