CVE-2021-33037

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.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

74.66% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 99.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.3 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-08.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. 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.

Published

2021-07-12 14:55Z5 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-10-08 21:13Z20 DAYS AGO

Reserved

2021-05-17

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

6c4517ce636076333ae72d2cd28d1b84f854f93b262d91670b28a50dfb4c741e

• lists.apache.orghttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r612a79269b0d5e5780c62dfd34286a8037232fec0bc6f1a7e60c9381%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3Ex_refsource_MISC
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• lists.apache.org[tomee-commits] 20210728 [jira] [Created] (TOMEE-3778) Update embedded Tomcat to 9.0.48 or later to address CVE-2021-33037https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r40f921575aee8d7d34e53182f862c45cbb8f3d898c9d4e865c2ec262%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[tomee-commits] 20210728 [jira] [Commented] (TOMEE-3778) Update embedded Tomcat to 9.0.48 or later to address CVE-2021-33037https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re01e7e93154e8bdf78a11a23f9686427bd3d51fc6e12c508645567b7%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
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• lists.apache.org[tomee-commits] 20210830 [jira] [Commented] (TOMEE-3778) Update embedded Tomcat to 9.0.48 or later to address CVE-2021-33037https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd0dfea39829bc0606c936a16f6fca338127c86c0a1083970b45ac8d2%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[tomee-commits] 20210913 [jira] [Commented] (TOMEE-3778) Update embedded Tomcat to 9.0.48 or later to address CVE-2021-33037https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r290aee55b72811fd19e75ac80f6143716c079170c5671b96932ed44b%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[tomee-commits] 20210914 [jira] [Commented] (TOMEE-3778) Update embedded Tomcat to 9.0.48 or later to address CVE-2021-33037https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf1b54fd3f52f998ca4829159a88cc4c23d6cef5c6447d00948e75c97%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[tomee-commits] 20210916 [jira] [Resolved] (TOMEE-3778) Update embedded Tomcat to 9.0.48 or later to address CVE-2021-33037https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc6ef52453bb996a98cb45442871a1db56b7c349939e45d829bf9ae37%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
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