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CVE-2023-28709 — The fix for CVE-2023-24998 was incomplete for Apache Tomcat 11

The fix for CVE-2023-24998 was incomplete for Apache Tomcat 11.0.0-M2 to 11.0.0-M4, 10.1.5 to 10.1.7, 9.0.71 to 9.0.73 and 8.5.85 to 8.5.87. If non-default HTTP connector settings were used such that the maxParameterCount could be reached using query string parameters and a reque

CVSS
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EPSS
0.36% (top 42.40%)
CWE
CWE-193
Published
2023-05-22T10:08:49.541Z
Last modified
2025-02-13T16:48:49.704Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

The fix for CVE-2023-24998 was incomplete for Apache Tomcat 11.0.0-M2 to 11.0.0-M4, 10.1.5 to 10.1.7, 9.0.71 to 9.0.73 and 8.5.85 to 8.5.87. If non-default HTTP connector settings were used such that the maxParameterCount could be reached using query string parameters and a request was submitted that supplied exactly maxParameterCount parameters in the query string, the limit for uploaded request…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
Apache Software FoundationApache Tomcat11.0.0-M2, 10.1.5, 9.0.71, 8.5.85

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

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

CVE-2023-24998
Cited in vendor advisory

08Timeline

09References

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