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CVE-2022-23181

The fix for bug CVE-2020-9484 introduced a time of check, time of use vulnerability into Apache Tomcat 10.1.0-M1 to 10.1

The fix for bug CVE-2020-9484 introduced a time of check, time of use vulnerability into Apache Tomcat 10.1.0-M1 to 10.1.0-M8, 10.0.0-M5 to 10.0.14, 9.0.35 to 9.0.56 and 8.5.55 to 8.5.73 that allowed a local attacker to perform actions with the privileges of the user that the Tomcat process is using. This issue is only exploitable when Tomcat is configured to persist sessions using the FileStore.

HIGH · CVSS 7 EPSS 0.00236
Schedule remediation
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules1 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-367Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
CWE-367Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
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Affected Products & Versions

10
apache tomcat>= 8.5.55 and <= 8.5.73
apache tomcat>= 9.0.35 and <= 9.0.56
apache tomcat>= 10.0.1 and <= 10.0.14
apache tomcatall versions
oracle agile engineering data managementall versions
oracle communications cloud native core policyall versions
oracle financial services crime and compliance management studioall versions
oracle managed file transferall versions
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Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
Maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat HIGH fixed in 10.0.16
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Sigma Hunt Rules

1
Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
productmediumTomcat WebServer Logs Deleted
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Scoring & Timeline

7
HIGH · CVSS v3.1 · security@apache.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD27 Jan 2022 · 01:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Vendor Advisories

14
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2026:1058-1
usnUSN-6943-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:11864-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:13441-1
rhsaRHSA-2023:0272Moderate
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References & Sources

6
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://lists.apache.org/thread/l8x62p3k19yfcb208jo4zrb83k5mfwg9Mailing ListMitigationVendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00029.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220217-0010/Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5265Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.htmlPatchThird Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.htmlPatchThird Party Advisory
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