High severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 1, 2022· Updated May 6, 2025
Apache Tomcat request smuggling via malformed content-length
CVE-2022-42252
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.
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-coreMaven | >= 8.5.0, < 8.5.83 | 8.5.83 |
org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-coreMaven | >= 9.0.0-M1, < 9.0.68 | 9.0.68 |
org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-coreMaven | >= 10.0.0-M1, < 10.0.27 | 10.0.27 |
org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-coreMaven | >= 10.1.0-M1, < 10.1.1 | 10.1.1 |
org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyoteMaven | >= 9.0.0-M1, < 9.0.68 | 9.0.68 |
org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyoteMaven | >= 10.0.0-M1, < 10.0.27 | 10.0.27 |
org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyoteMaven | >= 10.1.0-M1, < 10.1.1 | 10.1.1 |
Affected products
26- osv-coords25 versionspkg:bitnami/tomcatpkg:maven/org.apache.tomcat.embed/tomcat-embed-corepkg:maven/org.apache.tomcat/tomcat-coyotepkg:rpm/opensuse/tomcat10&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/tomcat&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/tomcat&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%206pkg:rpm/suse/tomcat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/tomcat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/tomcat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/tomcat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/tomcat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/tomcat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/tomcat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/tomcat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/tomcat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/tomcat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/tomcat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/tomcat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/tomcat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/tomcat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/tomcat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015pkg:rpm/suse/tomcat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/tomcat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20LTSS%20Extended%20Security%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/tomcat&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%209pkg:rpm/suse/tomcat&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%209
>= 8.5.0, < 8.5.83+ 24 more
- (no CPE)range: >= 8.5.0, < 8.5.83
- (no CPE)range: >= 8.5.0, < 8.5.83
- (no CPE)range: >= 9.0.0-M1, < 9.0.68
- (no CPE)range: < 10.1.14-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.43-11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.36-150100.4.81.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.36-150100.4.81.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.36-150100.4.81.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.36-150000.3.101.2
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.36-150000.3.101.2
- (no CPE)range: < 8.0.53-29.57.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.0.53-29.57.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.36-3.93.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.36-3.93.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.115-3.160.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.36-150100.4.81.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.36-150100.4.81.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.36-150000.3.101.2
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.36-3.93.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.36-3.93.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.36-150000.3.101.2
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.36-150100.4.81.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.115-3.160.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.36-3.93.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.36-3.93.1
- Apache Software Foundation/Apache Tomcatv5Range: 10.1.0-M1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
11- github.com/advisories/GHSA-p22x-g9px-3945ghsaADVISORY
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42252ghsaADVISORY
- github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/0d089a15047faf9cb3c82f80f4d28febd4798920ghsaWEB
- github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/4c7f4fd09d2cc1692112ef70b8ee23a7a037ae77ghsaWEB
- github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/a1c07906d8dcaf7957e5cc97f5cdbac7d18a205aghsaWEB
- github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/c9fe754e5d17e262dfbd3eab2a03ca96ff372dc3ghsaWEB
- lists.apache.org/thread/zzcxzvqfdqn515zfs3dxb7n8gty589sqghsaWEB
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-37ghsaWEB
- tomcat.apache.org/security-10.htmlghsaWEB
- tomcat.apache.org/security-8.htmlghsaWEB
- tomcat.apache.org/security-9.htmlghsaWEB
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