CVE-2024-24549: Apache Tomcat Denial of Service due to improper input validation vulnerability for HTTP/2 requests

Quick answers

Is CVE-2024-24549 exploited in the wild?

No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2024-24549 being exploited in the wild.

How severe is CVE-2024-24549?

Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 13 March 2024.

Which products and versions are affected?

org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyote (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=11.0.0-M1,fixed=11.0.0-M17; org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=8.5.0,fixed=8.5.99.

Is there a fix for CVE-2024-24549?

Yes. org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyote (Maven): upgrade to 11.0.0-M17 or later; org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core (Maven): upgrade to 8.5.99 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

Am I affected by CVE-2024-24549?

Check whether you run org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyote (Maven) or org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core (Maven) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

• org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyote (Maven): upgrade to 11.0.0-M17 or later

  # set org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyote to 11.0.0-M17 in your pom.xml or build.gradle

• org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core (Maven): upgrade to 8.5.99 or later

  # set org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core to 8.5.99 in your pom.xml or build.gradle

Affected products

• org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyote (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=11.0.0-M1,fixed=11.0.0-M17
• org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=8.5.0,fixed=8.5.99

Identifiers

• CVE-2024-24549
• GHSA-7w75-32cg-r6g2