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CVE-2023-42795

Incomplete Cleanup vulnerability in Apache Tomcat.When recycling various internal objects in Apache Tomcat from 11.0.0-M

Incomplete Cleanup vulnerability in Apache Tomcat.When recycling various internal objects in Apache Tomcat from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.0-M11, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.13, from 9.0.0-M1 through 9.0.80 and from 8.5.0 through 8.5.93, an error could cause Tomcat to skip some parts of the recycling process leading to information leaking from the current request/response to the next. Older, EOL versions may also be affected. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.0-M12 onwards, 10.1.14 onwards, 9.0.81 onwards or 8.5.94 onwards, which fixes the issue.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.3 EPSS 0.00712
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  • SSVC automatable: yes - attacks can be scripted at scale
Sigma rules1 YARA rules0

Weakness Classification

Affected Products & Versions

4
apache tomcat>= 8.5.0 and < 8.5.94
apache tomcat>= 9.0.1 and < 9.0.81
apache tomcat>= 10.1.1 and < 10.1.14
apache tomcatall versions

Affected Packages

3
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.embed:tomcat-embed-core MODERATE fixed in 11.0.0-M12
Maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat MODERATE fixed in 9.0.81
Maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyote MODERATE fixed in 11.0.0-M12

Sigma Hunt Rules

1
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productmediumTomcat WebServer Logs Deleted

Scoring & Timeline

5.3
MEDIUM · 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 NVD10 Oct 2023 · 06:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
SSVC triage · cisa-vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
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Vendor Advisories

15
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2026:1058-1
siemens-csafSSA-784301
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:13382-1
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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.
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