Advisory record · GHSA-cx6h-86xw-9x34

Apache Tomcat - Fix for CVE-2023-24998 was incomplete

CVSS 7.5 HighCriticalEPSS 0.48 · 98th percentile

Critical, because:

  • CVSS score 7.5 (7.0 or more) and EPSS 0.48 (0.1 or more): a high score and a real chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How we decide what’s critical

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 6 Jul 2023, 21:14 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed in
org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-coreMaven>=11.0.0-M2, <11.0.0-M5 || >=10.1.5, <10.1.8 || >=9.0.71, <9.0.7411.0.0-M5, 10.1.8, 9.0.74
org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyoteMaven>=8.5.85, <8.5.888.5.88
Identifiers
GHSA-cx6h-86xw-9x34 · BIT-tomcat-2023-28709 · CVE-2023-28709
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-193
Published
6 Jul 2023
Updated
24 Mar 2026

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
7.5 High 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H GitHub Advisory Database
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.48, the 98th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 31 Oct 2026, 14:20 UTC First seen by agentprime
  2. 31 Oct 2026, 14:20 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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