GHSA-2C9M-W27F-53RM

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-03-22 12:30 – Updated: 2025-11-04 21:30
VLAI?
Summary
Apache Tomcat vulnerable to Unprotected Transport of Credentials
Details

When using the RemoteIpFilter with requests received from a reverse proxy via HTTP that include the X-Forwarded-Proto header set to https, session cookies created by Apache Tomcat 11.0.0-M1 to 11.0.0.-M2, 10.1.0-M1 to 10.1.5, 9.0.0-M1 to 9.0.71 and 8.5.0 to 8.5.85 did not include the secure attribute. This could result in the user agent transmitting the session cookie over an insecure channel.

Severity ?
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
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        "name": "org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina"
      },
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        }
      ]
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  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2023-28708"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-523"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2023-03-22T21:22:52Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2023-03-22T11:15:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "When using the RemoteIpFilter with requests received from a reverse proxy via HTTP that include the X-Forwarded-Proto header set to https, session cookies created by Apache Tomcat 11.0.0-M1 to 11.0.0.-M2, 10.1.0-M1 to 10.1.5, 9.0.0-M1 to 9.0.71 and 8.5.0 to 8.5.85 did not include the secure attribute. This could result in the user agent transmitting the session cookie over an insecure channel.",
  "id": "GHSA-2c9m-w27f-53rm",
  "modified": "2025-11-04T21:30:33Z",
  "published": "2023-03-22T12:30:16Z",
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    },
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      "url": "https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/3b51230764da595bb19e8d0962dd8c69ab40dfab"
    },
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      "url": "https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/5b72c94e8b2c4ada63a1d91dc527bf4d8fd1f510"
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      "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread/hdksc59z3s7tm39x0pp33mtwdrt8qr67"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230331-0012"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://tomcat.apache.org/security-10.html"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://tomcat.apache.org/security-11.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html"
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Apache Tomcat vulnerable to Unprotected Transport of Credentials"
}


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