CVE-2022-23181
Local privilege escalation with FileStore
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- apache
Description
The fix for bug CVE-2020-9484 introduced a time of check, time of use vulnerability into Apache Tomcat 10.1.0-M1 to 10.1.0-M8, 10.0.0-M5 to 10.0.14, 9.0.35 to 9.0.56 and 8.5.55 to 8.5.73 that allowed a local attacker to perform actions with the privileges of the user that the Tomcat process is using. This issue is only exploitable when Tomcat is configured to persist sessions using the FileStore.
Timeline
ID reserved
By apache
- 15 days later
· 15 days later
Published
- 3 years later
· 3 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 | 3.1 | High7.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.69% · top 47% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.0.
Weakness
Affected products
Apache Software Foundation · Apache Tomcat
- affected Apache Tomcat 10.1 10.1.0-M1 to 10.1.0-M8
- affected Apache Tomcat 10.0 10.0.0-M5 to 10.0.14
- affected Apache Tomcat 9 9.0.35 to 9.0.56
- affected Apache Tomcat 8 8.5.55 to 8.5.73
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.tomcat:tomcatGHSA-9f3j-pm6f-9fm5 (opens in a new tab)
References (6)
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/l8x62p3k19yfcb208jo4zrb83k5mfwg9 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220217-0010/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20221026 [SECURITY] [DLA 3160-1] tomcat9 security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- DSA-5265 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_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)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-9f3j-pm6f-9fm5 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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