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CVE-2021-41079
HIGH · CVSS 7.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2021-09-16T15:15:07.690 · Last modified 2026-06-17T04:07:49.997

Summary

Apache Tomcat 8.5.0 to 8.5.63, 9.0.0-M1 to 9.0.43 and 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.2 did not properly validate incoming TLS packets. When Tomcat was configured to use NIO+OpenSSL or NIO2+OpenSSL for TLS, a specially crafted packet could be used to trigger an infinite loop resulting in a denial of service.

Affected products

apache — tomcat

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References

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