Description
If Apache Tomcat 8.5.0 to 8.5.82, 9.0.0-M1 to 9.0.67, 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.26 or 10.1.0-M1 to 10.1.0 was configured to ignore invalid HTTP headers via setting rejectIllegalHeader to false (the default for 8.5.x only), Tomcat did not reject a request containing an invalid Content-Length header making a request smuggling attack possible if Tomcat was located behind a reverse proxy that also failed to reject the request with the invalid header.
Published: 2022-11-01
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3384-1 tomcat9 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5381-1 tomcat9 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-7390 If Apache Tomcat 8.5.0 to 8.5.82, 9.0.0-M1 to 9.0.67, 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.26 or 10.1.0-M1 to 10.1.0 was configured to ignore invalid HTTP headers via setting rejectIllegalHeader to false (the default for 8.5.x only), Tomcat did not reject a request containing an invalid Content-Length header making a request smuggling attack possible if Tomcat was located behind a reverse proxy that also failed to reject the request with the invalid header.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-p22x-g9px-3945 Apache Tomcat may reject request containing invalid Content-Length header
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6880-1 Tomcat vulnerability
History

Tue, 06 May 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Subscriptions

Apache Tomcat
Redhat Jboss Enterprise Web Server
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-06T15:09:20.374Z

Reserved: 2022-10-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-42252

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T13:03:45.683Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-01T09:15:10.817

Modified: 2025-05-06T16:15:26.137

Link: CVE-2022-42252

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2022-10-31T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-42252 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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