Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Apache Tomcat
While investigating bug 64830 it was discovered that Apache Tomcat 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.0-M9, 9.0.0-M1 to 9.0.39 and 8.5.0 to 8.5.59 could re-use an HTTP request header value from the previous stream received on an HTTP/2 connection for the request associated with the subsequent stream. While this would most likely lead to an error and the closure of the HTTP/2 connection, it is possible that information could leak between requests.
Affected software
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| Platform | Package | Vulnerable versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Java / Kotlin (Maven) | org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyote | >= 10.0.0-M1, < 10.0.0-M10, >= 9.0.0-M1, < 9.0.40, >= 8.5.0, < 8.5.60 | 10.0.0-M10, 9.0.40, 8.5.60 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-17527
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/21e3408671aac7e0d7e264e720cac8b1b189eb29
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/8d2fe6894d6e258a6d615d7f786acca80e6020cb
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/d56293f816d6dc9e2b47107f208fa9e95db58c65
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rce5ac9a40173651d540babce59f6f3825f12c6d4e886ba00823b11e5@%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rce5ac9a40173651d540babce59f6f3825f12c6d4e886ba00823b11e5@%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd5babd13d7a350b369b2f647b4dd32ce678af42f9aba5389df1ae6ca@%3Cusers.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00022.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-23
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201210-0003
- https://tomcat.apache.org/security-10.html
- https://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html
- https://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4835
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rce5ac9a40173651d540babce59f6f3825f12c6d4e886ba00823b11e5%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rca833c6d42b7b9ce1563488c0929f29fcc95947d86e5e740258c8937@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbba08c4dcef3603e36276d49adda8eedbe458c5104314b4038f697e1@%3Cusers.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rabbe6b3ae6a9795641d7a05c00d2378d5bbbe4240b7e20f09b092cce@%3Cissues.guacamole.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/raa0e9ad388c1e6fd1e301b5e080f9439f64cb4178119a86a4801cc53@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra9fcdb904dd2e2256ef90b3e4ced279cd464cb0ab63a6c64df5c010d@%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra9fcdb904dd2e2256ef90b3e4ced279cd464cb0ab63a6c64df5c010d@%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra35c8d617b17d59f400112cebadec43ad379f98198b4a9726190d7ee@%3Cissues.guacamole.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9fd47f1b03e9b41d16a5cf72659b533887267d3398d963c2fff3abfa@%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8a227ac6a755a6406c1cc47dd48800e973d4cf13fe7fe68ac59c679c@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5a285242737ddef4d338236328aaaf3237183e1465a5efafd16b99ed@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2d6e05c5ff96f8068a59dfdb3800e9ee8d4e36ce1971783c6e5f9b20@%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r26a2a66339087fc37db3caf201e446d3e83b5cce314371e235ff1784@%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat
- https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=64830
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/12/03/3
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
CWE-200- Platform
- Java / Kotlin (Maven)
- Package
org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyote- Disclosed
- 09.02.2022
- Updated
- 11.10.2026 12:21
Sources and licenses
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-vvw4-rfwf-p6hx - CC BY 4.0
Vulnerability history: org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyote
All published vulnerabilities of this package (Java / Kotlin (Maven)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.
- Total entries
- 33
- First → latest
- 06.2020 05.2026
- Without a fix
- 0
- Exploited in attacks
- 1
Severity breakdown
- Critical 2
- High 17
- Medium 13
- Low 1
Disclosures per year
- 2020: 1
- 2021: 1
- 2022: 8
- 2023: 7
- 2024: 5
- 2025: 4
- 2026: 7
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