CVE-2019-17569

MEDIUMNVD 4.84.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This medium-severity CVE scores 4.8 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 8.9% (95th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs). GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, nvd
Elevated
4.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 8.9%CVSS: 4.8Exploit: Elevated riskExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

The refactoring present in Apache Tomcat 9.0.28 to 9.0.30, 8.5.48 to 8.5.50 and 7.0.98 to 7.0.99 introduced a regression. The result of the regression was that invalid Transfer-Encoding headers were incorrectly processed leading to a possibility of HTTP Request Smuggling if Tomcat was located behind a reverse proxy that incorrectly handled the invalid Transfer-Encoding header in a particular manner. Such a reverse proxy is considered unlikely.

CVSS v3
4.8
EG Score
4.8MEDIUMmedium confidence
EG Risk
42
EG Risk 42/100CISA SSVC

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity48% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* or Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
EPSS PROB
8.9%
EPSS %ILE
95th
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* or Attend at high (mission-essential systems).

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.

Exploitation public PoC (EG-KEV: elevated) · Automatable unknown (not published for this CVE) · Technical impact partial (CVSS below 9.0). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

February 24, 2020

Last Modified

August 25, 2026

Advisory Details (7)

Auto-updated Aug 25, 2026
Patch available.
generic

[SECURITY] [DSA 4680-1] tomcat9 security update

https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4680
generic

[SECURITY] [DSA 4673-1] tomcat8 security update

https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4673
generic

NetApp Product Security

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200327-0005/
genericMentions a patch (unverified)

[SECURITY] [DLA 2133-1] tomcat7 security update

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00006.html
generic
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc31cbabb46cdc58bbdd8519a8f64b6236b2635a3922bbeba0f0e3743%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E
generic
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r88def002c5c78534674ca67472e035099fbe088813d50062094a1390%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E
generic
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7bc994c965a34876bd94d5ff15b4e1e30b6220a15eb9b47c81915b78%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2019-17569(2)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(2)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
redhatjws5-tomcat-native-0:1.2.23-4.redhat_4.el8jws2020-04-21redhat
redhattomcat2020-04-21redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(9 across 8 ecosystems)
Maven(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core9.0.29, 9.0.30
  • 7.0.98 up to 7.0.100: fixed in 7.0.100
  • 8.5.48 up to 8.5.51: fixed in 8.5.51
  • 9.0.28 up to 9.0.31: fixed in 9.0.31
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org.apache.tomcat:tomcat9.0.29, 9.0.30
  • 7.0.98 up to 7.0.100: fixed in 7.0.100
  • 8.5.48 up to 8.5.51: fixed in 8.5.51
  • 9.0.28 up to 9.0.31: fixed in 9.0.31
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Debian:10(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
tomcat99.0.16-4 ... 9.0.31-1~bpo10+1 (6 versions)
  • every version up to 9.0.31-1~deb10u1: fixed in 9.0.31-1~deb10u1
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Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
tomcat9—
  • every version up to 9.0.31-1: fixed in 9.0.31-1
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Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
tomcat9—
  • every version up to 9.0.31-1: fixed in 9.0.31-1
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Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
tomcat9—
  • every version up to 9.0.31-1: fixed in 9.0.31-1
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Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
tomcat9—
  • every version up to 9.0.31-1: fixed in 9.0.31-1
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Debian:8(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
tomcat77.0.56-3 ... 7.0.56-3+really7.0.99-1 (18 versions)
  • every version up to 7.0.56-3+really7.0.100-1: fixed in 7.0.56-3+really7.0.100-1
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Debian:9(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
tomcat88.5.14-1 ... 8.5.50-0+deb9u1 (37 versions)
  • every version up to 8.5.54-0+deb9u1: fixed in 8.5.54-0+deb9u1
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Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

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Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2019-17569?
CVE-2019-17569 is a medium vulnerability published on February 24, 2020. The refactoring present in Apache Tomcat 9.0.28 to 9.0.30, 8.5.48 to 8.5.50 and 7.0.98 to 7.0.99 introduced a regression. The result of the regression was that invalid Transfer-Encoding headers were incorrectly processed leading to a possibility of HTTP Request Smuggling if Tomcat was located…
When was CVE-2019-17569 disclosed?
CVE-2019-17569 was first published on February 24, 2020, with the most recent update on August 25, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2019-17569 actively exploited?
CVE-2019-17569 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 8.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (95th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2019-17569?
CVE-2019-17569 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2019-17569?
A fix for CVE-2019-17569 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2019-17569 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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