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Vulnerability details: VCID-k9cg-ehdw-dbh6
Vulnerability ID VCID-k9cg-ehdw-dbh6
Aliases CVE-2024-21733
GHSA-f4qf-m5gf-8jm8
Summary Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information vulnerability in Apache Tomcat.This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 8.5.7 through 8.5.63, from 9.0.0-M11 through 9.0.43. Other, EOL versions may also be affected. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 8.5.64 onwards or 9.0.44 onwards, which contain a fix for the issue.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-209 Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 5.3 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176951/Apache-Tomcat-8.5.63-9.0.43-HTTP-Response-Smuggling.html
generic_textual MODERATE http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176951/Apache-Tomcat-8.5.63-9.0.43-HTTP-Response-Smuggling.html
cvssv3 5.3 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2024-21733.json
epss 0.73428 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-21733
epss 0.73428 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-21733
epss 0.73428 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-21733
epss 0.73428 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-21733
epss 0.73428 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-21733
epss 0.73428 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-21733
epss 0.73428 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-21733
apache_tomcat Important https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-21733
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f4qf-m5gf-8jm8
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://github.com/apache/tomcat
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/apache/tomcat
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/86ccc43940861703c2be96a5f35384407522125a
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/86ccc43940861703c2be96a5f35384407522125a
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/ce4b154e7b48f66bd98858626347747cd2514311
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/ce4b154e7b48f66bd98858626347747cd2514311
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://lists.apache.org/thread/h9bjqdd0odj6lhs2o96qgowcc6hb0cfz
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.apache.org/thread/h9bjqdd0odj6lhs2o96qgowcc6hb0cfz
ssvc Track https://lists.apache.org/thread/h9bjqdd0odj6lhs2o96qgowcc6hb0cfz
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00009.html
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00009.html
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-21733
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-21733
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240216-0005
generic_textual MODERATE https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240216-0005
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html
generic_textual MODERATE https://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html
generic_textual MODERATE https://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html
cvssv3.1 5.3 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/19/2
generic_textual MODERATE http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/19/2
Reference id Reference type URL
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176951/Apache-Tomcat-8.5.63-9.0.43-HTTP-Response-Smuggling.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2024-21733.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-21733
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://github.com/apache/tomcat
https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/86ccc43940861703c2be96a5f35384407522125a
https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/ce4b154e7b48f66bd98858626347747cd2514311
https://lists.apache.org/thread/h9bjqdd0odj6lhs2o96qgowcc6hb0cfz
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00009.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-21733
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240216-0005
https://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html
https://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/19/2
2259204 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2259204
CVE-2024-21733 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-21733
GHSA-f4qf-m5gf-8jm8 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f4qf-m5gf-8jm8
USN-7562-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/7562-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176951/Apache-Tomcat-8.5.63-9.0.43-HTTP-Response-Smuggling.html
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2024-21733.json
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/apache/tomcat
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/86ccc43940861703c2be96a5f35384407522125a
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/ce4b154e7b48f66bd98858626347747cd2514311
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread/h9bjqdd0odj6lhs2o96qgowcc6hb0cfz
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-06-13T16:09:11Z/ Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread/h9bjqdd0odj6lhs2o96qgowcc6hb0cfz
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00009.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-21733
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240216-0005
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/19/2
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.98789
EPSS Score 0.73428
Published At April 2, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T12:38:08.198622+00:00 Apache Tomcat Importer Import https://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html 38.0.0