{"schema_version":"1.9.0","id":"BIT-tomcat-2023-28709","published":"2026-03-24T10:21:40.054Z","modified":"2026-09-08T08:48:20.911285946Z","aliases":["CVE-2023-28709","GHSA-cx6h-86xw-9x34"],"summary":"Apache Tomcat: Fix for CVE-2023-24998 is incomplete","details":"The fix for CVE-2023-24998 was incomplete for Apache Tomcat 10.1.5 to 10.1.7, 9.0.71 to 9.0.73 and 8.5.85 to 8.5.87. If non-default HTTP connector settings were used such that the maxParameterCount could be reached using query string parameters and a request was submitted that supplied exactly maxParameterCount parameters in the query string, the limit for uploaded request parts could be bypassed with the potential for a denial of service to occur.","affected":[{"package":{"name":"tomcat","ecosystem":"Bitnami","purl":"pkg:bitnami/tomcat"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"8.5.85"},{"last_affected":"8.5.87"},{"introduced":"9.0.71"},{"last_affected":"9.0.73"},{"introduced":"10.1.5"},{"last_affected":"10.1.7"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/tomcat/BIT-tomcat-2023-28709.json"},"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/22/1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread/7wvxonzwb7k9hx9jt3q33cmy7j97jo3j"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28709"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-37"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230616-0004/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5521"}],"database_specific":{"cpes":["cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"],"severity":"High"}}