CVE-2022-23181 Local privilege escalation with FileStore
A local attacker can escalate privileges via a race condition in session persistence, requiring FileStore configuration.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-23181?
CVE-2022-23181 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apache Tomcat, published on 27 Jan 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The fix for bug CVE-2020-9484 introduced a time of check, time of use vulnerability into Apache Tomcat 10.1.0-M1 to 10.1.0-M8, 10.0.0-M5 to 10.0.14, 9.0.35 to 9.0.56 and 8.5.55 to 8.5.73 that allowed a local attacker to perform actions with the privileges of the user that the Tomcat process is using. This issue is only exploitable when Tomcat is configured to persist sessions using the FileStore.
Weakness: CWE-367
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-23181?
7 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.apache.tomcat:tomcat and tomcat. It affects 7 products.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
org.apache.tomcat:tomcat Maven | All versions | 8.5.75 |
org.apache.tomcat:tomcat Maven | All versions | 8.5.75 |
org.apache.tomcat:tomcat Maven | From 10.0.0 | 10.0.16 |
org.apache.tomcat:tomcat Maven | From 10.0.0 | 10.0.16 |
org.apache.tomcat:tomcat Maven | From 9.0.0 | 9.0.58 |
org.apache.tomcat:tomcat Maven | From 9.0.0 | 9.0.58 |
1 more packages
tomcat Bitnami | From 8.5.55 | 8.5.74, 9.0.57, 10.0.15 |
Linux distribution packages (33)
tomcat SUSE:Enterprise Storage 6 | All versions | 9.0.36-4.70.1 |
tomcat SUSE:Enterprise Storage 7 | All versions | 9.0.36-19.1 |
javapackages-tools SUSE:HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | All versions | 5.3.1-14.5.1 |
tomcat SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS | All versions | 9.0.36-4.70.1 |
tomcat SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS | All versions | 9.0.36-4.70.1 |
tomcat SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS | All versions | 9.0.36-19.1 |
tomcat SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS | All versions | 9.0.36-19.1 |
tomcat SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS | All versions | 9.0.36-3.90.1 |
tomcat SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS | All versions | 9.0.36-3.90.1 |
tomcat SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Web and Scripting 15 SP3 | All versions | 9.0.36-19.1 |
javapackages-tools SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS | All versions | 5.3.1-14.5.1 |
tomcat SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS | All versions | 9.0.36-3.84.1 |
javapackages-tools SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 | All versions | 5.3.1-14.5.1 |
tomcat SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 | All versions | 9.0.36-3.84.1 |
tomcat SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL | All versions | 9.0.36-4.70.1 |
tomcat SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS | All versions | 9.0.36-4.70.1 |
tomcat SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL | All versions | 9.0.36-19.1 |
tomcat SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS | All versions | 9.0.36-19.1 |
tomcat SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS | All versions | 9.0.36-3.90.1 |
javapackages-tools SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 | All versions | 5.3.1-14.5.1 |
tomcat SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 | All versions | 9.0.36-3.84.1 |
javapackages-tools SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 | All versions | 5.3.1-14.5.1 |
tomcat SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 | All versions | 9.0.36-3.84.1 |
tomcat SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 | All versions | 9.0.36-3.90.1 |
tomcat SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 | All versions | 9.0.36-4.70.1 |
tomcat SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 | All versions | 9.0.36-19.1 |
javapackages-tools SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 | All versions | 5.3.1-14.5.1 |
tomcat SUSE:Manager Proxy 4.1 | All versions | 9.0.36-19.1 |
tomcat SUSE:Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 | All versions | 9.0.36-19.1 |
tomcat SUSE:Manager Server 4.1 | All versions | 9.0.36-19.1 |
javapackages-tools SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 8 | All versions | 5.3.1-14.5.1 |
javapackages-tools SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 9 | All versions | 5.3.1-14.5.1 |
tomcat SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 9 | All versions | 9.0.36-3.84.1 |
Products include Apache Tomcat, Debian Debian Linux, Oracle Agile Engineering Data Management, Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Policy, Oracle Financial Services Crime and Compliance Management Studio, Oracle Managed File Transfer and 1 more.
How do I fix CVE-2022-23181?
Upgrade org.apache.tomcat:tomcat to a fixed version for your release line: 8.5.75, 10.0.16 or 9.0.58.
Is CVE-2022-23181 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-23181 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as BIT-tomcat-2022-23181, CLEANSTART-2026-PF53076, CLSA-2024-1725471295, CLSA-2026-1783040469, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-23181, GHSA-9f3j-pm6f-9fm5 and 9 more.