# tomcat packaging allows for escalation to root from tomcat user

CVE record · `CVE-2024-22029`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2024-22029`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.8 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** suse
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-732](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/732.html)
- **Tags:** [Broken access control](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/access-control.md)
- **Technologies:** [Container suse/manager/5.0/x86_64/server:5.0.0-beta1.2.122](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/container-suse-manager-5-0-x86-64-server-5-0-0-beta1-2-122.md) · [SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/suse-enterprise-storage-7-1.md) · [SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/suse-linux-enterprise-high-performance-computing-15-sp2-ltss.md) · [SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/suse-linux-enterprise-high-performance-computing-15-sp3-ltss.md) · [SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/suse-linux-enterprise-high-performance-computing-15-sp4-espos.md) · [SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/suse-linux-enterprise-high-performance-computing-15-sp4-ltss.md) · [SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/suse-linux-enterprise-high-performance-computing-15-sp5.md) · [SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Web and Scripting 15 SP5](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/suse-linux-enterprise-module-for-web-and-scripting-15-sp5.md) · [SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/suse-linux-enterprise-server-15-sp5.md) · [SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/suse-linux-enterprise-server-for-sap-applications-15-sp5.md) · [SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/suse-linux-enterprise-high-performance-computing-15-sp6.md) · [SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Web and Scripting 15 SP6](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/suse-linux-enterprise-module-for-web-and-scripting-15-sp6.md) · [SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/suse-linux-enterprise-server-15-sp6.md) · [SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/suse-linux-enterprise-server-for-sap-applications-15-sp6.md) · [SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/suse-linux-enterprise-server-15-sp2-ltss.md) · [SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/suse-linux-enterprise-server-15-sp3-ltss.md) · [SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/suse-linux-enterprise-server-15-sp4-ltss.md) · [SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/suse-linux-enterprise-server-for-sap-applications-15-sp2.md) · [SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/suse-linux-enterprise-server-for-sap-applications-15-sp3.md) · [SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/suse-linux-enterprise-server-for-sap-applications-15-sp4.md)
- **Published:** 16 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 26 Aug 2025
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: suse) at 16 Oct 2024, 13:20 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: SUSE. Product: Container suse/manager/5.0/x86_64/server:5.0.0-beta1.2.122.
  - affected: `? to before 9.0.85-150200.57.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `tomcat`
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1.
  - affected: `? to before 9.0.85-150200.57.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `tomcat`
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS.
  - affected: `? to before 9.0.85-150200.57.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `tomcat`
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS.
  - affected: `? to before 9.0.85-150200.57.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `tomcat`
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS.
  - affected: `? to before 9.0.85-150200.57.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `tomcat`
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS.
  - affected: `? to before 9.0.85-150200.57.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `tomcat`
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5.
  - affected: `? to before 9.0.85-150200.57.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `tomcat`
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Web and Scripting 15 SP5.
  - affected: `? to before 9.0.85-150200.57.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `tomcat`
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5.
  - affected: `? to before 9.0.85-150200.57.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `tomcat`
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5.
  - affected: `? to before 9.0.85-150200.57.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `tomcat`
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6.
  - affected: `? to before 9.0.85-150200.57.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `tomcat`
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Web and Scripting 15 SP6.
  - affected: `? to before 9.0.85-150200.57.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `tomcat`
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6.
  - affected: `? to before 9.0.85-150200.57.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `tomcat`
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6.
  - affected: `? to before 9.0.85-150200.57.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `tomcat`
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS.
  - affected: `? to before 9.0.85-150200.57.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `tomcat`
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS.
  - affected: `? to before 9.0.85-150200.57.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `tomcat`
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS.
  - affected: `? to before 9.0.85-150200.57.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `tomcat`
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2.
  - affected: `? to before 9.0.85-150200.57.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `tomcat`
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3.
  - affected: `? to before 9.0.85-150200.57.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `tomcat`
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4.
  - affected: `? to before 9.0.85-150200.57.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `tomcat`
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: SUSE Manager Server 4.3.
  - affected: `? to before 9.0.85-150200.57.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `tomcat`
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: openSUSE Leap 15.5.
  - affected: `? to before 9.0.85-150200.57.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `tomcat`
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: openSUSE Tumbleweed.
  - affected: `? to before 9.0.85-3.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `tomcat`

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 7.8 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from CNA (suse) (used for this record)
- 7.8 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from ADP (CISA-ADP)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0018, the 7th percentile, on 7 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 16 Oct 2024. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2024-22029](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-22029)
- [NVD: CVE-2024-22029](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-22029)

### References from the CNA

- <https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2024-22029>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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