Apache Tomcat up to 9.0.95/10.1.30/11.0.0-M26 ServerAuthContext error condition

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apache Tomcat up to 9.0.95/10.1.30/11.0.0-M26. Impacted is an unknown function of the component ServerAuthContext Component. This manipulation causes error condition. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-52316. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Apache Tomcat up to 9.0.95/10.1.30/11.0.0-M26 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component ServerAuthContext Component. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a error condition vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-391. [PLANNED FOR DEPRECATION. SEE MAINTENANCE NOTES AND CONSIDER CWE-252, CWE-248, OR CWE-1069.] Ignoring exceptions and other error conditions may allow an attacker to induce unexpected behavior unnoticed. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unchecked Error Condition vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. If Tomcat is configured to use a custom Jakarta Authentication (formerly JASPIC) ServerAuthContext component which may throw an exception during the authentication process without explicitly setting an HTTP status to indicate failure, the authentication may not fail, allowing the user to bypass the authentication process. There are no known Jakarta Authentication components that behave in this way. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.0-M26, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.30, from 9.0.0-M1 through 9.0.95. The following versions were EOL at the time the CVE was created but are known to be affected: 8.5.0 though 8.5.100. Other EOL versions may also be affected. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.0, 10.1.31 or 9.0.96, which fix the issue.

It is possible to read the advisory at lists.apache.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-52316 since 11/07/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 211506 (Apache Tomcat 11.0.0.M23 < 11.0.0 multiple vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 9.0.96, 10.1.31 or 11.0.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (211506) and EUVD (EUVD-2024-3331). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Error condition
CWE: CWE-391
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Nessus ID: 211506
Nessus Name: Apache Tomcat 11.0.0.M23 < 11.0.0 multiple vulnerabilities

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Tomcat 9.0.96/10.1.31/11.0.0

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11/07/2024 🔍
11/18/2024 +11 days 🔍
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10/29/2025 +345 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apache.org

Advisory: lists.apache.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-52316 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-52316
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-284971
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Entryinfo

Created: 11/18/2024 13:48
Updated: 10/29/2025 13:27
Changes: 11/18/2024 13:48 (55), 11/18/2024 17:31 (2), 01/25/2025 05:23 (12), 08/08/2025 15:23 (1), 10/29/2025 13:27 (2)
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