vulnerability
Apache Tomcat: Low: Local Privilege Escalation (CVE-2022-23181)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Jan 27, 2022 | Apr 6, 2022 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jan 27, 2022
Added
Apr 6, 2022
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
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.
Solutions
apache-tomcat-upgrade-10_0_14apache-tomcat-upgrade-8_5_75apache-tomcat-upgrade-9_0_58
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