GHSA-rh8q-vjgf-gf74MediumCVSS 5.3

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory in Apache Tomcat

Published
May 14, 2022
Last Modified
August 28, 2025

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2015-5345 →

📋 Description

The Mapper component in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.45, 7.x before 7.0.68, 8.x before 8.0.30, and 9.x before 9.0.0.M2 processes redirects before considering security constraints and Filters, which allows remote attackers to determine the existence of a directory via a URL that lacks a trailing / (slash) character.

🎯 Affected products4

  • maven/org.apache.tomcat:tomcat:= 9.0.0.M1
  • maven/org.apache.tomcat:tomcat:>= 7.0.0, < 7.0.68
  • maven/org.apache.tomcat:tomcat:>= 6.0.0, < 6.0.45
  • maven/org.apache.tomcat:tomcat:>= 8.0.0-RC1, < 8.0.30

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