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Advisory record · GHSA-7jqf-v358-p8g7

Apache Tomcat Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability

CVSS 8.6 HighEPSS 0.017 · 77th percentile

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 7 Nov 2024, 09:30 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed in
org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyoteMaven>=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, <=7.0.10911.0.0-M21, 10.1.25, 9.0.90
org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-coreMaven>=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, <=7.0.10911.0.0-M21, 10.1.25, 9.0.90
Identifiers
GHSA-7jqf-v358-p8g7 · BIT-tomcat-2024-38286 · CVE-2024-38286
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-770
Tags
Published
7 Nov 2024
Updated
13 Aug 2026

Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

Apache Tomcat versions 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.0-M20, 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.24, 9.0.13 through 9.0.89, and older EOL lines 8.5.35 through 8.5.100 and 7.0.92 through 7.0.109 are affected, covering the tomcat-coyote and tomcat-embed-core packages. An attacker who can reach a TLS endpoint under certain configurations can abuse the TLS handshake to trigger an OutOfMemoryError. Upgrade to 11.0.0-M21, 10.1.25, or 9.0.90.

Written 2 Nov 2026.

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
8.6 High 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H CNA (apache)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.017, the 77th percentile, on 14 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 31 Oct 2026, 14:19 UTC First seen by agentprime
  2. 31 Oct 2026, 14:19 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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