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CVE-2008-0128
The SingleSignOn Valve (org.apache.catalina.authenticator.SingleSignOn) in Apache Tomcat before 5.5.21 does not set the secure flag for…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 19.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The SingleSignOn Valve (org.apache.catalina.authenticator.SingleSignOn) in Apache Tomcat before 5.5.21 does not set the secure flag for the JSESSIONIDSSO cookie in an https session, which can cause the cookie to be sent in http requests and make it easier for remote attackers to capture this cookie.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 16 days later
· 16 days later
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 19.6% · top 2.6% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
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- RHSA-2008:0630 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 27365 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://security-tracker.debian.net/tracker/CVE-2008-0128 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 31493 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29242 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20090127 CA20090123-01: Cohesion Tomcat Multiple Vulnerabilities (Updated - v1.1) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2008:005 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=41217 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 33668 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20090124 CA20090123-01: Cohesion Tomcat Multiple Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 28549 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- apache-singlesignon-information-disclosure(39804) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0192 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- ADV-2009-0233 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- DSA-1468 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0261 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 28552 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://community.ca.com/blogs/casecurityresponseblog/archive/2009/01/23.aspx (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=197540 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [tomcat-dev] 20190319 svn commit: r1855831 [21/30] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [tomcat-dev] 20190325 svn commit: r1856174 [19/29] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/ xdocs/stylesheets/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [tomcat-dev] 20200213 svn commit: r1873980 [24/34] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-0141 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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