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high 8.6

CVE-2024-38286 json

Apache Tomcat: Denial of Service

published 2024-11-07 2 y ago modified 2026-09-08 2 mo ago also BIT-tomcat-2024-38286 , EUVD-2024-3211 , GHSA-7jqf-v358-p8g7

cvss
8.6
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.7%
EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 77%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in Apache Tomcat.

This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.0-M20, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.24, from 9.0.13 through 9.0.89.

The following versions were EOL at the time the CVE was created but are known to be affected: 8.5.35 through 8.5.100 and 7.0.92 through 7.0.109. Other EOL versions may also be affected.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.0-M21, 10.1.25, or 9.0.90, which fixes the issue.

Apache Tomcat, under certain configurations on any platform, allows an attacker to cause an OutOfMemoryError by abusing the TLS handshake process.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyote 9.0.90, 10.1.25, 11.0.0-M21
  • maven org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core 9.0.90, 10.1.25, 11.0.0-M21
  • bitnami tomcat 9.0.90, 10.1.25, 11.0.9
  • apache tomcat-util 9.0.90, 10.1.25, 11.0.0-M21
  • apache tomcat 9.0.90, 10.1.25, 11.0.0-M21
  • org.apache.tomcat tomcat-util 9.0.90, 10.1.25, 11.0.0-M21
  • tomcat9 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 9.0.70-2
  • tomcat10 Debian 12 10.1.34-0+deb12u1
  • tomcat10 Debian 14, Debian 13 10.1.25-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2024-38286

  • tomcat9 Ubuntu 25.10 9.0.70-2ubuntu3
  • tomcat9 Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 9.0.16-3ubuntu0.18.04.2+esm7
  • tomcat9 Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS 9.0.31-1ubuntu0.9+esm2
  • tomcat9 Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS 9.0.58-1ubuntu0.2+esm3
  • tomcat9 Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS 9.0.70-2ubuntu0.1+esm2
  • tomcat10 Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS 10.1.16-1ubuntu0.1~esm2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38286

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  • tomcat9 RHEL 10.2 1:9.0.110-2.el10_2
  • tomcat9-lib RHEL 10.2 1:9.0.110-2.el10_2
  • tomcat9-webapps RHEL 10.2 1:9.0.110-2.el10_2
  • tomcat9-el-3.0-api RHEL 10.2 1:9.0.110-2.el10_2
  • tomcat9-docs-webapp RHEL 10.2 1:9.0.110-2.el10_2
  • tomcat9-jsp-2.3-api RHEL 10.2 1:9.0.110-2.el10_2
  • tomcat9-admin-webapps RHEL 10.2 1:9.0.110-2.el10_2
  • tomcat9-servlet-4.0-api RHEL 10.2 1:9.0.110-2.el10_2

red hat advisories RHSA-2026:67163RHSA-2026:18536RHSA-2024:8572RHSA-2024:8567RHSA-2024:8543RHSA-2024:8528

  • tomcat SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5 9.0.36-3.130.1
  • tomcat SLES LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5-LTSS 9.0.115-3.160.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:1058-1SUSE-SU-2024:3510-1

  • tomcat AlmaLinux 8 1:9.0.87-1.el8_10.2
  • tomcat-lib AlmaLinux 8 1:9.0.87-1.el8_10.2
  • tomcat-webapps AlmaLinux 8 1:9.0.87-1.el8_10.2
  • tomcat-el-3.0-api AlmaLinux 8 1:9.0.87-1.el8_10.2
  • tomcat-docs-webapp AlmaLinux 8 1:9.0.87-1.el8_10.2
  • tomcat-jsp-2.3-api AlmaLinux 8 1:9.0.87-1.el8_10.2
  • tomcat-admin-webapps AlmaLinux 8 1:9.0.87-1.el8_10.2
  • tomcat-servlet-4.0-api AlmaLinux 8 1:9.0.87-1.el8_10.2

almalinux advisories ALSA-2024:5694

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-2024-38286 updated cvss 7.5

tomcat: Denial of Service in Tomcat

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 tomcat6, tomcat6-lib, tomcat6-log4j, tomcat6-javadoc, tomcat6-webapps, tomcat6-el-2.1-api, +4 more
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 pki-servlet-engine, pki-servlet-4.0-api
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 pki-servlet-engine, pki-servlet-4.0-api
    affected: workaround, no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) tomcat 9.0.87-1.el8_10.2, tomcat-lib 9.0.87-1.el8_10.2, tomcat-webapps 9.0.87-1.el8_10.2, tomcat-el-3.0-api 9.0.87-1.el8_10.2, tomcat-docs-webapp 9.0.87-1.el8_10.2, tomcat-jsp-2.3-api 9.0.87-1.el8_10.2, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:5694
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) tomcat 9.0.87-1.el9_4.2, tomcat-lib 9.0.87-1.el9_4.2, tomcat-webapps 9.0.87-1.el9_4.2, tomcat-el-3.0-api 9.0.87-1.el9_4.2, tomcat-docs-webapp 9.0.87-1.el9_4.2, tomcat-jsp-2.3-api 9.0.87-1.el9_4.2, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:5693
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) tomcat9 9.0.110-2.el10_2, tomcat9-lib 9.0.110-2.el10_2, tomcat9-webapps 9.0.110-2.el10_2, tomcat9-el-3.0-api 9.0.110-2.el10_2, tomcat9-docs-webapp 9.0.110-2.el10_2, tomcat9-jsp-2.3-api 9.0.110-2.el10_2, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:18536
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v. 8.2) slf4j 1.7.25-4.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c, stax-ex 1.7.7-8.module+el8.2.0+5723+4574fbff, velocity 1.7-24.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c, bea-stax 1.2.0-16.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c, resteasy 3.0.26-3.module+el8.2.0+5723+4574fbff, xalan-j2 2.7.1-38.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c, +29 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:8567
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.4) slf4j 1.7.25-4.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c, stax-ex 1.7.7-8.module+el8.2.0+5723+4574fbff, velocity 1.7-24.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c, bea-stax 1.2.0-16.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c, resteasy 3.0.26-6.module+el8.4.0+8891+bb8828ef, xalan-j2 2.7.1-38.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c, +30 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:8497
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6) slf4j 1.7.25-4.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c, stax-ex 1.7.7-8.module+el8.2.0+5723+4574fbff, velocity 1.7-24.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c, bea-stax 1.2.0-16.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c, resteasy 3.0.26-6.module+el8.4.0+8891+bb8828ef, xalan-j2 2.7.1-38.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c, +30 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:8572
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.4) slf4j 1.7.25-4.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c, stax-ex 1.7.7-8.module+el8.2.0+5723+4574fbff, velocity 1.7-24.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c, bea-stax 1.2.0-16.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c, resteasy 3.0.26-6.module+el8.4.0+8891+bb8828ef, xalan-j2 2.7.1-38.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c, +30 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:8497
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.6) slf4j 1.7.25-4.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c, stax-ex 1.7.7-8.module+el8.2.0+5723+4574fbff, velocity 1.7-24.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c, bea-stax 1.2.0-16.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c, resteasy 3.0.26-6.module+el8.4.0+8891+bb8828ef, xalan-j2 2.7.1-38.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c, +30 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:8572
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0) tomcat9 9.0.120-1.el10_0, tomcat9-lib 9.0.120-1.el10_0, tomcat9-webapps 9.0.120-1.el10_0, tomcat9-el-3.0-api 9.0.120-1.el10_0, tomcat9-docs-webapp 9.0.120-1.el10_0, tomcat9-jsp-2.3-api 9.0.120-1.el10_0, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:67163
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.8) tomcat 9.0.87-1.el8_8.3, tomcat-lib 9.0.87-1.el8_8.3, tomcat-webapps 9.0.87-1.el8_8.3, tomcat-el-3.0-api 9.0.87-1.el8_8.3, tomcat-docs-webapp 9.0.87-1.el8_8.3, tomcat-jsp-2.3-api 9.0.87-1.el8_8.3, +52 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:8543
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.0) pki-servlet-engine 9.0.43-4.el9_0.1, pki-servlet-4.0-api 9.0.43-4.el9_0.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:8528
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.2) tomcat 9.0.87-1.el9_2.2, tomcat-lib 9.0.87-1.el9_2.2, tomcat-webapps 9.0.87-1.el9_2.2, tomcat-el-3.0-api 9.0.87-1.el9_2.2, pki-servlet-engine 9.0.50-1.el9_2.1, tomcat-docs-webapp 9.0.87-1.el9_2.2, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:8494
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.4) slf4j 1.7.25-4.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c, stax-ex 1.7.7-8.module+el8.2.0+5723+4574fbff, velocity 1.7-24.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c, bea-stax 1.2.0-16.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c, resteasy 3.0.26-6.module+el8.4.0+8891+bb8828ef, xalan-j2 2.7.1-38.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c, +30 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:8497
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.6) slf4j 1.7.25-4.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c, stax-ex 1.7.7-8.module+el8.2.0+5723+4574fbff, velocity 1.7-24.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c, bea-stax 1.2.0-16.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c, resteasy 3.0.26-6.module+el8.4.0+8891+bb8828ef, xalan-j2 2.7.1-38.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c, +30 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:8572
  • Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:5025
  • Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.8 for RHEL 7 Server jws5-tomcat 9.0.87-5.redhat_00005.1.el7jws, jws5-tomcat-lib 9.0.87-5.redhat_00005.1.el7jws, jws5-tomcat-javadoc 9.0.87-5.redhat_00005.1.el7jws, jws5-tomcat-selinux 9.0.87-5.redhat_00005.1.el7jws, jws5-tomcat-webapps 9.0.87-5.redhat_00005.1.el7jws, jws5-tomcat-java-jdk8 9.0.87-5.redhat_00005.1.el7jws, +6 more Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.8 for RHEL 8 jws5-tomcat 9.0.87-5.redhat_00005.1.el8jws, jws5-tomcat-lib 9.0.87-5.redhat_00005.1.el8jws, jws5-tomcat-javadoc 9.0.87-5.redhat_00005.1.el8jws, jws5-tomcat-selinux 9.0.87-5.redhat_00005.1.el8jws, jws5-tomcat-webapps 9.0.87-5.redhat_00005.1.el8jws, jws5-tomcat-el-3.0-api 9.0.87-5.redhat_00005.1.el8jws, +4 more Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.8 for RHEL 9 jws5-tomcat 9.0.87-5.redhat_00005.1.el9jws, jws5-tomcat-lib 9.0.87-5.redhat_00005.1.el9jws, jws5-tomcat-javadoc 9.0.87-5.redhat_00005.1.el9jws, jws5-tomcat-selinux 9.0.87-5.redhat_00005.1.el9jws, jws5-tomcat-webapps 9.0.87-5.redhat_00005.1.el9jws, jws5-tomcat-el-3.0-api 9.0.87-5.redhat_00005.1.el9jws, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:5024
  • Red Hat JBoss Web Server 6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:4977
  • Red Hat JBoss Web Server 6.0 for RHEL 8 jws6-tomcat 10.1.8-10.redhat_00018.1.el8jws, jws6-tomcat-lib 10.1.8-10.redhat_00018.1.el8jws, jws6-tomcat-javadoc 10.1.8-10.redhat_00018.1.el8jws, jws6-tomcat-selinux 10.1.8-10.redhat_00018.1.el8jws, jws6-tomcat-webapps 10.1.8-10.redhat_00018.1.el8jws, jws6-tomcat-el-5.0-api 10.1.8-10.redhat_00018.1.el8jws, +4 more Red Hat JBoss Web Server 6.0 for RHEL 9 jws6-tomcat 10.1.8-10.redhat_00018.1.el9jws, jws6-tomcat-lib 10.1.8-10.redhat_00018.1.el9jws, jws6-tomcat-javadoc 10.1.8-10.redhat_00018.1.el9jws, jws6-tomcat-selinux 10.1.8-10.redhat_00018.1.el9jws, jws6-tomcat-webapps 10.1.8-10.redhat_00018.1.el9jws, jws6-tomcat-el-5.0-api 10.1.8-10.redhat_00018.1.el9jws, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:4976
  • 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 10 tomcat
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

1.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
GitHub 3.1 8.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
OSV 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyote
>=11.0.0-M1, <11.0.0-M21
>=10.1.0-M1, <10.1.25
>=9.0.13, <9.0.90
>=8.5.35, <=8.5.100
>=7.0.92, <=7.0.109
11.0.0-M21
10.1.25
9.0.90
maven org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core
>=11.0.0-M1, <11.0.0-M21
>=10.1.0-M1, <10.1.25
>=9.0.13, <9.0.90
>=8.5.35, <=8.5.100
>=7.0.92, <=7.0.109
11.0.0-M21
10.1.25
9.0.90
bitnami tomcat
>=9.0.13, <9.0.90
>=10.0.0, <10.1.25
>=11.0.0, <11.0.9
9.0.90
10.1.25
11.0.9

Affected products

  • Apache Software Foundation Apache Tomcat
  • apache tomcat

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

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.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.