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CVE-2011-1088
Apache Tomcat 7.x before 7.0.10 does not follow ServletSecurity annotations, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access…
- 5.8MediumCVSS base score
- 6.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 6.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Apache Tomcat 7.x before 7.0.10 does not follow ServletSecurity annotations, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via HTTP requests to a web application.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 18 days later
· 18 days later
Published
- 13 years later
· 13 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 | Medium5.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.5% · top 6.2% 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 5.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.tomcat:tomcatGHSA-mg4v-rf8p-ghqq (opens in a new tab)
References
14
- tomcat-servletsecurity-sec-bypass(65971) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20110315 [SECURITY] CVE-2011-1088 Apache Tomcat security constraint bypass (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 43684 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 46685 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0563 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1076587 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 71027 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 1025215 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- [announce] 20110302 [SECURITY] Tomcat 7 ignores @ServletSecurity annotations (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1076586 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [users] 20110302 Re: @DenyAll does nothing (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1077995 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [users] 20110302 Re: @DenyAll does nothing (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-2022-4557 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-mg4v-rf8p-ghqq (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2011-1088)Record last updated .