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CVE-2023-46589 High

Apache Tomcat: HTTP request smuggling via malformed trailer headers

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Apache Tomcat.Tomcat from 11.0.0 through 11.0.0, from 10.1.0 through 10.1.15, from 9.0.0 through 9.0.82 and from 8.5.0 through 8.5.95 did not correctly parse HTTP trailer headers. A trailer header that exceeded the header size limit could cause Tomcat to treat a single request as multiple requests leading to the possibility of request smuggling when behind a reverse proxy. Older, EOL versions may also be affected. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.0 onwards, 10.1.16 onwards, 9.0.83 onwards or 8.5.96 onwards, which fix the issue.

Exploit probability 2.7%
Published March 6, 2024
Required by Not available
Last source change March 20, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

Maven org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core

202 explicit affected versions

Maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina

202 explicit affected versions

Unknown Unknown

10 explicit affected versions

Bitnami tomcat

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities CVE-2023-46589

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Apache Tomcat.Tomcat from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.0-M10, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.15, from 9.0.0-M1 through 9.0.82 and from 8.5.0 through 8.5.95 did not correctly parse HTTP trailer headers. A trailer header that exceeded the header size limit could cause Tomcat to treat a single request as multiple requests leading to the possibility of request smuggling when behind a reverse proxy. Older, EOL versions may also be affected. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.0-M11 onwards, 10.1.16 onwards, 9.0.83 onwards or 8.5.96 onwards, which fix the issue.

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Open Source Vulnerabilities BIT-tomcat-2023-46589

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Apache Tomcat.Tomcat from 11.0.0 through 11.0.0, from 10.1.0 through 10.1.15, from 9.0.0 through 9.0.82 and from 8.5.0 through 8.5.95 did not correctly parse HTTP trailer headers. A trailer header that exceeded the header size limit could cause Tomcat to treat a single request as multiple requests leading to the possibility of request smuggling when behind a reverse proxy. Older, EOL versions may also be affected. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.0 onwards, 10.1.16 onwards, 9.0.83 onwards or 8.5.96 onwards, which fix the issue.

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Open Source Vulnerabilities GHSA-fccv-jmmp-qg76

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. Tomcat from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.0-M10, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.15, from 9.0.0-M1 through 9.0.82, and from 8.5.0 through 8.5.95 did not correctly parse HTTP trailer headers. A trailer header that exceeded the header size limit could cause Tomcat to treat a single request as multiple requests leading to the possibility of request smuggling when behind a reverse proxy. Older, EOL versions may also be affected. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.0-M11 onwards, 10.1.16 onwards, 9.0.83 onwards or 8.5.96 onwards, which fix the issue.

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence