CVE-2018-1304

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Published 2018-10-17 · Modified 2024-11-29

CVSS v3

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CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2

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VIR risk

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Description

The URL pattern of "" (the empty string) which exactly maps to the context root was not correctly handled in Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.4, 8.5.0 to 8.5.27, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.49 and 7.0.0 to 7.0.84 when used as part of a security constraint definition. This caused the constraint to be ignored. It was, therefore, possible for unauthorised users to gain access to web application resources that should have been protected. Only security constraints with a URL pattern of the empty string were affected.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

30%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-1304

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1304.html

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`0`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`0`
debian	forky	fixed	`0`
debian	sid	fixed	`0`
debian	trixie	fixed	`0`

Package impact

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable	Fixed
Maven	org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core	`>=9.0.0,<9.0.5`	`9.0.5`
Maven	org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core	`>=8.5.0,<8.5.28`	`8.5.28`
Maven	org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core	`>=8.0.0,<8.0.51`	`8.0.51`
Maven	org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core	`>=7.0.0,<7.0.86`	`7.0.86`

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.