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Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb

Published

2026-03-24 10:21

Modified

2026-09-08 08:34

Summary

Apache Tomcat: JSESSIONID Cookie missing secure attribute in some configurations

Details

When using the RemoteIpFilter with requests received from a reverse proxy via HTTP that include the X-Forwarded-Proto header set to https, session cookies created by Apache Tomcat 10.1.0 to 10.1.5, 9.0.0 to 9.0.71 and 8.5.0 to 8.5.85 did not include the secure attribute. This could result in the user agent transmitting the session cookie over an insecure channel.

Older, EOL versions may also be affected.

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              "fixed": "9.0.72"
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  "id": "BIT-tomcat-2023-28708",
  "modified": "2026-09-08T08:34:36.952Z",
  "published": "2026-03-24T10:21:38.576Z",
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    },
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CVE-2023-28708 (GCVE-0-2023-28708)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-03-22 10:10 – Updated: 2025-11-04 19:15

Title

Apache Tomcat: JSESSIONID Cookie missing secure attribute in some configurations

Summary

When using the RemoteIpFilter with requests received from a reverse proxy via HTTP that include the X-Forwarded-Proto header set to https, session cookies created by Apache Tomcat 11.0.0-M1 to 11.0.0.-M2, 10.1.0-M1 to 10.1.5, 9.0.0-M1 to 9.0.71 and 8.5.0 to 8.5.85 did not include the secure attribute. This could result in the user agent transmitting the session cookie over an insecure channel. Older, EOL versions may also be affected.

Severity

4.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-02-13 14:33 UTC

CWE

CWE-523 - Unprotected Transport of Credentials

Assigner

apache CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard B 76/100 over 1024 records in the last 180 days details

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://lists.apache.org/thread/hdksc59z3s7tm39x0…	vendor-advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-2023033…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Apache Software Foundation	Apache Tomcat	Affected: 11.0.0-M1 , ≤ 11.0.0-M2 (semver) Affected: 10.1.0-M1 , ≤ 10.1.5 (semver) Affected: 9.0.0-M1 , ≤ 9.0.71 (semver) Affected: 8.5.0 , ≤ 8.5.85 (semver) Unknown: 3 , < 8.5.0 (semver) Unknown: 10.0.0-M1 , ≤ 10.0.27 (semver)

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