CVE-2020-1935
In Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.30, 8.5.0 to 8.5.50 and 7.0.0 to 7.0.99 the HTTP header parsing code used an approach to end-of-line parsing that allowed some invalid HTTP headers to be parsed as
02 Description
In Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.30, 8.5.0 to 8.5.50 and 7.0.0 to 7.0.99 the HTTP header parsing code used an approach to end-of-line parsing that allowed some invalid HTTP headers to be parsed as
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 9.38% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 94.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 4.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-08.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2020-02-24 21:11Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-10-08 21:03Z20 DAYS AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-12-02
- Assigning CNA
- apache
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-444Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request/Response Smuggling')Base
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 68c3813708428c75382e2114d2b7d0414e0bac6640baffb6f0f7ef8e2b66a600
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.apache.org[tomcat-announce] 20200224 [SECURITY] CVE-2020-1935 HTTP Request Smugglinghttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r127f76181aceffea2bd4711b03c595d0f115f63e020348fe925a916c%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20200304 [SECURITY] [DLA 2133-1] tomcat7 security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00006.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:0345http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00025.html
- lists.apache.org[tomee-commits] 20200320 [jira] [Created] (TOMEE-2790) TomEE plus(7.0.7) is affected by CVE-2020-1935 & CVE-2019-17569 vulnerabilitieshttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc31cbabb46cdc58bbdd8519a8f64b6236b2635a3922bbeba0f0e3743%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[tomee-commits] 20200323 [jira] [Commented] (TOMEE-2790) TomEE plus(7.0.7) is affected by CVE-2020-1935 & CVE-2019-17569 vulnerabilitieshttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7bc994c965a34876bd94d5ff15b4e1e30b6220a15eb9b47c81915b78%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E
- www.debian.orgDSA-4673https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4673
- www.debian.orgDSA-4680https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4680
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20200528 [SECURITY] [DLA 2209-1] tomcat8 security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00026.html
- www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
- security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200327-0005/
- lists.apache.org[tomcat-users] 20200724 CVE-2020-1935https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r441c1f30a252bf14b07396286f6abd8089ce4240e91323211f1a2d75%40%3Cusers.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[tomcat-users] 20200724 Re: CVE-2020-1935https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r660cd379afe346f10d72c0eaa8459ccc95d83aff181671b7e9076919%40%3Cusers.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[tomcat-users] 20200724 RE: CVE-2020-1935https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd547be0c9d821b4b1000a694b8e58ef9f5e2d66db03a31dfe77c4b18%40%3Cusers.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[tomcat-users] 20200726 Re: CVE-2020-1935https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra5dee390ad2d60307b8362505c059cd6a726de4d146d63dfce1e05e7%40%3Cusers.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[tomcat-users] 20200727 RE: CVE-2020-1935https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r80e9c8417c77d52c62809168b96912bda70ddf7748f19f8210f745b1%40%3Cusers.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4448-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4448-1/
- www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
- www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
- lists.apache.org[tomcat-dev] 20210428 [Bug 65272] Problems proccessing HTTP request without CR in last versionshttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9ce7918faf347e7aac32be930bf26c233b0b140fe37af0bb294158b6%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- tomcat9 Fixed in 9.0.31-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- tomcat9 Fixed in 9.0.31-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- tomcat9 Fixed in 9.0.31-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- tomcat8 Fixed in 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.13
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- tomcat7 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS
- tomcat7 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS
- tomcat8 No fix yet
- tomcat9 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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