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CVE-2015-5346
Session fixation vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 7.x before 7.0.66, 8.x before 8.0.30, and 9.x before 9.0.0.M2, when different session…
- 8.1HighCVSS base score
- 10.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Session fixation vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 7.x before 7.0.66, 8.x before 8.0.30, and 9.x before 9.0.0.M2, when different session settings are used for deployments of multiple versions of the same web application, might allow remote attackers to hijack web sessions by leveraging use of a requestedSessionSSL field for an unintended request, related to CoyoteAdapter.java and Request.java.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 8 months later
· 8 months later
Published
- 11 years later
· 11 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 | 3.0 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 10.6% · top 4.2% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.tomcat:tomcatGHSA-jrcp-c39h-r29x (opens in a new tab)
References
35
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-201705-09 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 20160222 [SECURITY] CVE-2015-5346 Apache Tomcat Session fixation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:0865 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-3024-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:0769 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- DSA-3530 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1713184 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:2046 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 83323 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:1089 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:1087 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1723414 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1035069 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa118 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05150442 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:2807 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:1088 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180531-0001/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:2808 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:0822 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=58809 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1713185 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-3609 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1723506 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1713187 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05158626 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-3552 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135890/Apache-Tomcat-Session-Fixation.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [tomcat-dev] 20200213 svn commit: r1873980 [27/34] - /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-2022-4426 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-jrcp-c39h-r29x (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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