CVE-2015-5345 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory in Apache Tomcat

What is CVE-2015-5345?

CVE-2015-5345 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Tomcat, published on 25 Feb 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Mapper component in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.45, 7.x before 7.0.68, 8.x before 8.0.30, and 9.x before 9.0.0.M2 processes redirects before considering security constraints and Filters, which allows remote attackers to determine the existence of a directory via a URL that lacks a trailing / (slash) character.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-5345?

8 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.apache.tomcat:tomcat. It affects 3 products.

Products include Apache Tomcat, Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux.

How do I fix CVE-2015-5345?

Upgrade org.apache.tomcat:tomcat to a fixed version for your release line: 6.0.45, 7.0.68, 8.0.30 or 9.0.0.M2.

Is CVE-2015-5345 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-5345 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Apache Tomcat

• CVE-2025-24813 Apache Tomcat Path Equivalence Exploited Critical 10.0
• CVE-2016-8735 Apache Tomcat Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-12617 Apache Tomcat Remote Code Execution Exploited High 8.1
• CVE-2017-12615 Apache Tomcat on Windows Remote Code Execution Exploited High 8.1
• CVE-2026-34486 Apache Tomcat Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data Exploited High 7.5

All Apache Tomcat vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-rh8q-vjgf-gf74, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5345.