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CVE-2021-41079 High

Apache Tomcat DoS with unexpected TLS packet

Apache Tomcat 8.5.0 to 8.5.63, 9.0.0 to 9.0.43 and 10.0.0 to 10.0.2 did not properly validate incoming TLS packets. When Tomcat was configured to use NIO+OpenSSL or NIO2+OpenSSL for TLS, a specially crafted packet could be used to trigger an infinite loop resulting in a denial of service.

Exploit probability 7.2%
Published March 6, 2024
Required by Not available
Last source change March 20, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

Unknown Unknown
Bitnami tomcat
Maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat

87 explicit affected versions

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities CVE-2021-41079

Apache Tomcat 8.5.0 to 8.5.63, 9.0.0-M1 to 9.0.43 and 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.2 did not properly validate incoming TLS packets. When Tomcat was configured to use NIO+OpenSSL or NIO2+OpenSSL for TLS, a specially crafted packet could be used to trigger an infinite loop resulting in a denial of service.

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Open Source Vulnerabilities BIT-tomcat-2021-41079

Apache Tomcat 8.5.0 to 8.5.63, 9.0.0 to 9.0.43 and 10.0.0 to 10.0.2 did not properly validate incoming TLS packets. When Tomcat was configured to use NIO+OpenSSL or NIO2+OpenSSL for TLS, a specially crafted packet could be used to trigger an infinite loop resulting in a denial of service.

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Open Source Vulnerabilities GHSA-59g9-7gfx-c72p

Apache Tomcat 8.5.0 to 8.5.63, 9.0.0-M1 to 9.0.43 and 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.2 did not properly validate incoming TLS packets. When Tomcat was configured to use NIO+OpenSSL or NIO2+OpenSSL for TLS, a specially crafted packet could be used to trigger an infinite loop resulting in a denial of service.

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence