CVE-2017-5650 — In Apache Tomcat 9
In Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M18 and 8.5.0 to 8.5.12, the handling of an HTTP/2 GOAWAY frame for a connection did not close streams associated with that connection that were currently waiting for a WINDOW_UPDATE before allowing the application to write more data. These wait
Published
2017-04-17T16:59:00.430
Last modified
2026-05-13T00:24:29.033
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
01What is this vulnerability?
In Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M18 and 8.5.0 to 8.5.12, the handling of an HTTP/2 GOAWAY frame for a connection did not close streams associated with that connection that were currently waiting for a WINDOW_UPDATE before allowing the application to write more data. These waiting streams each consumed a thread. A malicious client could therefore construct a series of HTTP/2 requests that would…
02Affected products
No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.
03Active exploitation status
Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.
04Recommended remediation
- Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
- Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
- Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.
05Technical details
For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.
06Detection signatures
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07Related CVEs
No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.
08Timeline
- Published: 2017-04-17T16:59:00.430
- Last modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033
09References
- www.oracle.com — http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html
- www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97531
- www.securitytracker.com — http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038217
- lists.apache.org — https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/343558d982879bf88ec20dbf707f8c11255f8e219e8…
- lists.apache.org — https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6af47120905aa7d8fe12f42e8ff2284fb338ba141d3…
- lists.apache.org — https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/88855876c33f2f9c532ffb75bfee570ccf0b17ffa77…
- lists.apache.org — https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b5e3f51d28cd5d9b1809f56594f2cf63dcd6a90429e…
- lists.apache.org — https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/d24303fb095db072740d8154b0f0db3f2b8f67bc91a…
- lists.apache.org — https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/eb6efa8d59c45a7a9eff94c4b925467d3b3fec8ba76…
- lists.apache.org — https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3bbb800a816d0a51eccc5a228c58736960a9fffafa…
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