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Improper Input Validation

CVE-2023-45648

Severity Medium
Score 5.3/10

Summary

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. A specially crafted, invalid trailer header could cause Tomcat to treat a single request as multiple requests leading to the possibility of request smuggling when behind a reverse proxy. This issue affects Apache Tomcat versions 8.5.0 through 8.5.93, 9.0.0.M1 through 9.0.80, 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.13, and 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.0-M11.

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  • NETWORK
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  • UNCHANGED
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CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

Advisory Timeline

  • Published