CVE-2024-23672
Status: ModifiedMedium (6.3)—
Denial of Service via incomplete cleanup vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. It was possible for WebSocket clients to keep WebSocket connections open leading to increased resource consumption.This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.0-M16, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.18, from 9.0.0-M1 through 9.0.85, from 8.5.0 through 8.5.98.
Older, EOL versions may also be affected.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.0-M17, 10.1.19, 9.0.86 or 8.5.99 which fix the issue.
CVSS
- Version: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- Base score: 6.3
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 2.31%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 83
- Score date: 10/7/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (3)
CWEs
- CWE-459
References
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/cmpswfx6tj4s7x0nxxosvfqs11lvdx2f
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/13/4
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/cmpswfx6tj4s7x0nxxosvfqs11lvdx2f
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00001.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3UWIS5MMGYDZBLJYT674ZI5AWFHDZ46B/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/736G4GPZWS2DSQO5WKXO3G6OMZKFEK55/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240402-0002/
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