CVE-2020-1938 — Apache Tomcat Improper Privilege Management Vulnerability

provenance: imported · CVE: CVE-2020-1938

CVE-2020-1938: Apache Tomcat Improper Privilege Management Vulnerability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)


Vendor / project	Apache
Product	Tomcat
Date added	2022-03-03
Due date	2022-03-17
Ransomware campaign use	Unknown

Description

Apache Tomcat treats Apache JServ Protocol (AJP) connections as having higher trust than, for example, a similar HTTP connection. If such connections are available to an attacker, they can be exploited.

Required action (CISA)

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Notes

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1938

References

NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1938
KEV catalog: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog