CVE-2023-28708
MEDIUM4.3EPSS 0.11%Apache Tomcat: JSESSIONID Cookie missing secure attribute in some configurations
Published: 3/22/2023Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
When using the RemoteIpFilter with requests received from a reverse proxy via HTTP that include the X-Forwarded-Proto header set to https, session cookies created by Apache Tomcat 11.0.0-M1 to 11.0.0.-M2, 10.1.0-M1 to 10.1.5, 9.0.0-M1 to 9.0.71 and 8.5.0 to 8.5.85 did not include the secure attribute. This could result in the user agent transmitting the session cookie over an insecure channel. Older, EOL versions may also be affected.
Affected packages (4)
- Bitnami/tomcat>= 8.5.0, < 8.5.86, >= 9.0.0, < 9.0.72, >= 10.1.0, < 10.1.6
- Debian/tomcat10from 0, < 10.1.6-1
- Debian/tomcat9from 0, < 9.0.43-2~deb11u6
- Maven/org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina>= 11.0.0-M1, < 11.0.0-M3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
References (15)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28708
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-28708
- PATCHhttps://github.com/apache/tomcat
- WEBhttps://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=66471
- WEBhttps://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/3b51230764da595bb19e8d0962dd8c69ab40dfab
- WEBhttps://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/5b72c94e8b2c4ada63a1d91dc527bf4d8fd1f510
- WEBhttps://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/c64d496dda1560b5df113be55fbfaefec349b50f
- WEBhttps://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/f509bbf31fc00abe3d9f25ebfabca5e05173da5b
- WEBhttps://lists.apache.org/thread/hdksc59z3s7tm39x0pp33mtwdrt8qr67
- WEBhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230331-0012
- WEBhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230331-0012/
- WEBhttps://tomcat.apache.org/security-10.html
- WEBhttps://tomcat.apache.org/security-11.html
- WEBhttps://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html
- WEBhttps://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html