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CVE-2024-24549

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2024-03-13
  • Fixed in10.1.19 · 9.0.86 · 8.5.99
  • WeaknessCWE-20

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Description

Denial of Service due to improper input validation vulnerability for HTTP/2 requests in Apache Tomcat. When processing an HTTP/2 request, if the request exceeded any of the configured limits for headers, the associated HTTP/2 stream was not reset until after all of the headers had been processed.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. Other, 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.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2024-03-1316:15CVE publishedNVD
  2. 2026-10-2319:23First public proof of conceptPoC-in-GitHub
  3. 2026-10-2319:23EPSS crossed 10 %FIRST EPSS

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 18:48 UTC
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Versions per branch

NVD
Apache Tomcat
BranchAffectedFixed in
10.1≥ 10.1.0, < 10.1.1910.1.19
9.0≥ 9.0.0, < 9.0.869.0.86
8.5≥ 8.5.0, < 8.5.998.5.99
11.0= 11.0.0no fix published
Fedoraproject fedora
BranchAffectedFixed in
39.x= 39no fix published
40.x= 40no fix published
Debian debian linux
BranchAffectedFixed in
10.0= 10.0no fix published

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

  1. Update Apache Tomcat to 10.1.19 · 9.0.86 · 8.5.99

Advisories and patches

Detection

read 2026-10-23 19:24 UTC
Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
2 repositories, unverifiedAbdurahmon3236/CVE-2024-24549JFOZ1010/CVE-2024-24549
PoC-in-GitHub

Sources

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published
2024-03-13
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-24549?

Denial of Service due to improper input validation vulnerability for HTTP/2 requests in Apache Tomcat. When processing an HTTP/2 request, if the request exceeded any of the configured limits for headers, the associated HTTP/2 stream was not reset until after all of the headers had been processed.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. Other, 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.

Is CVE-2024-24549 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2024-24549 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 23.1% on 2026-10-22, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-24549?

CVE-2024-24549 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

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