CVE-2024-38286
Apache Tomcat: Denial of Service
At a glance Severity HIGH 8.6 EPSS EPSS 1.69 % · percentile 77 (2026-10-27) State PUBLISHED Published 2024-11-07 Updated 2025-11-03 Assigner apache NVD status Modified Description 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.
Scores Version Score Vector Scored by CVSS 3.1 HIGH 8.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H apache CVSS 3.1 HIGH 8.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H NVD · security@apache.org (Secondary) CVSS 3.1 HIGH 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
Weaknesses (CWE)
Advisories GHSA-7jqf-v358-p8g7 — Apache Tomcat Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerabilityEuropean references
CERT-FR advisories
Affected configurations (NVD CPE) cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 9.0.13 < 9.0.90cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 10.1.1 < 10.1.25cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:10.1.0:milestone1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:10.1.0:milestone10:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:10.1.0:milestone11:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:10.1.0:milestone12:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:10.1.0:milestone13:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:10.1.0:milestone14:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:10.1.0:milestone15:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:10.1.0:milestone16:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:10.1.0:milestone17:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:10.1.0:milestone18:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:10.1.0:milestone19:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:10.1.0:milestone2:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:10.1.0:milestone20:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:10.1.0:milestone3:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:10.1.0:milestone4:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:10.1.0:milestone5:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:10.1.0:milestone6:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:10.1.0:milestone7:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:10.1.0:milestone8:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:10.1.0:milestone9:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:11.0.0:milestone1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:11.0.0:milestone10:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:11.0.0:milestone11:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:11.0.0:milestone12:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:11.0.0:milestone13:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:11.0.0:milestone14:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:11.0.0:milestone15:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:11.0.0:milestone16:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:11.0.0:milestone17:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:11.0.0:milestone18:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:11.0.0:milestone19:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:11.0.0:milestone2:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:11.0.0:milestone20:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:11.0.0:milestone3:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:11.0.0:milestone4:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:11.0.0:milestone5:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:11.0.0:milestone6:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:11.0.0:milestone7:*:*:*:*:*:*+4 more Affected products Product Versions Apache Software Foundation · Apache Tomcat affected 11.0.0-M1 ≤ 11.0.0-M20 ; affected 10.1.0-M1 ≤ 10.1.24 ; affected 9.0.13 ≤ 9.0.89 ; affected 8.5.35 ≤ 8.5.100 ; affected 7.0.92 ≤ 7.0.109 ; unknown 10.0.0-M1 ≤ 10.0.27
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