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Fencer Vulns
high 7.8

CVE-2024-22029 json

tomcat packaging allows for escalation to root from tomcat user

published 2024-10-16 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-19635

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 7%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Insecure permissions in the packaging of tomcat allow local users that win a race during package installation to escalate to root

Patch / fix

  • SUSE Container suse/manager/5.0/x86_64/server:5.0.0-beta1.2.122 9.0.85-150200.57.1
  • SUSE SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 9.0.85-150200.57.1
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS 9.0.85-150200.57.1
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS 9.0.85-150200.57.1
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS 9.0.85-150200.57.1
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS 9.0.85-150200.57.1
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 9.0.85-150200.57.1
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Web and Scripting 15 SP5 9.0.85-150200.57.1
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 9.0.85-150200.57.1
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 9.0.85-150200.57.1
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 9.0.85-150200.57.1
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Web and Scripting 15 SP6 9.0.85-150200.57.1
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 9.0.85-150200.57.1
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 9.0.85-150200.57.1
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS 9.0.85-150200.57.1
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS 9.0.85-150200.57.1
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS 9.0.85-150200.57.1
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 9.0.85-150200.57.1
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 9.0.85-150200.57.1
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 9.0.85-150200.57.1
  • SUSE SUSE Manager Server 4.3 9.0.85-150200.57.1
  • SUSE openSUSE Leap 15.5 9.0.85-150200.57.1
  • SUSE openSUSE Tumbleweed 9.0.85-3.1
  • tomcat10 SLE Module for Web and Scripting 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 10.1.18-150200.5.11.1
  • tomcat SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES for SAP 15 SP2 +11 more 9.0.85-150200.57.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2024:0473-1SUSE-SU-2024:0472-1

  • tomcat openSUSE Tumbleweed 9.0.85-3.1
  • tomcat10 openSUSE Tumbleweed 10.1.18-3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:13692-1openSUSE-SU-2024:13693-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2024-22029 updated cvss 7.0

tomcat: Escalation to root from tomcat user via %post script

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 tomcat6, tomcat6-lib, tomcat6-log4j, tomcat6-javadoc, tomcat6-webapps, tomcat6-el-2.1-api, +4 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 tomcat, tomcat-lib, tomcat-jsvc, tomcat-javadoc, tomcat-webapps, tomcat-el-2.2-api, +4 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 tomcat, tomcat-lib, tomcat-webapps, tomcat-el-3.0-api, pki-servlet-engine, tomcat-docs-webapp, +4 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 tomcat, tomcat-lib, tomcat-webapps, tomcat-el-3.0-api, pki-servlet-engine, tomcat-docs-webapp, +4 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 tomcat
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA ADP 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • SUSE Container suse/manager/5.0/x86_64/server:5.0.0-beta1.2.122
  • SUSE SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Web and Scripting 15 SP5
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Web and Scripting 15 SP6
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3
  • SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4
  • SUSE SUSE Manager Server 4.3
  • SUSE openSUSE Leap 15.5
  • SUSE openSUSE Tumbleweed

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.