CVE-2024-23672

CVE-2024-23672: Apache Tomcat: WebSocket DoS with incomplete closing handshake

Vendor Apache Software Foundation
Product Apache Tomcat
Weakness CWE-459
Published March 13, 2024
Last update October 29, 2025

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What the vulnerability does

Description

Denial of Service via incomplete cleanup vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. It was possible for WebSocket clients to keep WebSocket connections open leading to increased resource consumption.This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.0-M16, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.18, from 9.0.0-M1 through 9.0.85, from 8.5.0 through 8.5.98. Older, EOL versions may also be affected. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.0-M17, 10.1.19, 9.0.86 or 8.5.99 which fix the issue.

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Disclosure timeline

March 13, 2024 CVE published
October 29, 2025 Record updated