# CVE-2024-23672: Apache Tomcat: WebSocket DoS with incomplete closing handshake > Attackers can cause resource exhaustion and denial of service in Apache Tomcat by keeping WebSocket connections open without proper cleanup. - **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`) - **Exploited in the wild:** Not known - **Login needed:** Any signed-in user - **Attackable:** Over the internet - **Victim action needed:** Not needed - **Fix available:** Yes - **Published:** 13 Mar 2024 - **Updated:** 29 Oct 2025 - **Also known as:** BIT-tomcat-2024-23672, CLSA-2024-1732637149, CLSA-2024-1732701424, CLSA-2025-1740230558, CLSA-2026-1793135910, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-23672, GHSA-v682-8vv8-vpwr, RHSA-2024:1913, RHSA-2024:1916, ROOT-APP-MAVEN-CVE-2024-23672, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-23672 ## What is CVE-2024-23672? CVE-2024-23672 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apache Tomcat, published on 13 Mar 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim. ### Official 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. Weakness: CWE-459 (Incomplete Cleanup) ## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-23672? 17 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-websocket, tomcat and org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-websocket. It affects 3 products. | Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-websocket` | Maven | From 10.1.0-M1 | 10.1.19 | | `org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-websocket` | Maven | From 10.1.0-M1 | 10.1.19 | | `org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-websocket` | Maven | From 11.0.0-M1 | 11.0.0-M17 | | `org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-websocket` | Maven | From 11.0.0-M1 | 11.0.0-M17 | | `org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-websocket` | Maven | From 8.5.0 | 8.5.99 | | `org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-websocket` | Maven | From 8.5.0 | 8.5.99 | | `org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-websocket` | Maven | From 9.0.0-M1 | 9.0.86 | | `org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-websocket` | Maven | From 9.0.0-M1 | 9.0.86 | | `tomcat` | Bitnami | From 8.5.0 | 8.5.99, 9.0.86, 10.1.19 | | `org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-websocket` | Maven | From 10.1.0-M1 | 10.1.19 | | `org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-websocket` | Maven | From 10.1.0-M1 | 10.1.19 | | `org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-websocket` | Maven | From 11.0.0-M1 | 11.0.0-M17 | | `org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-websocket` | Maven | From 11.0.0-M1 | 11.0.0-M17 | | `org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-websocket` | Maven | From 8.5.0 | 8.5.99 | | `org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-websocket` | Maven | From 8.5.0 | 8.5.99 | | `org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-websocket` | Maven | From 9.0.0-M1 | 9.0.86 | | `org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-websocket` | Maven | From 9.0.0-M1 | 9.0.86 | | `jws5-tomcat` | Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:5.8::el7 | All versions | 0:9.0.87-3.redhat_00003.1.el7jws | | `jws5-tomcat-admin-webapps` | Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:5.8::el7 | All versions | 0:9.0.87-3.redhat_00003.1.el7jws | | `jws5-tomcat-docs-webapp` | Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:5.8::el7 | All versions | 0:9.0.87-3.redhat_00003.1.el7jws | | `jws5-tomcat-el-3.0-api` | Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:5.8::el7 | All versions | 0:9.0.87-3.redhat_00003.1.el7jws | | `jws5-tomcat-java-jdk11` | Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:5.8::el7 | All versions | 0:9.0.87-3.redhat_00003.1.el7jws | | `jws5-tomcat-java-jdk8` | Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:5.8::el7 | All versions | 0:9.0.87-3.redhat_00003.1.el7jws | | `jws5-tomcat-javadoc` | Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:5.8::el7 | All versions | 0:9.0.87-3.redhat_00003.1.el7jws | | `jws5-tomcat-jsp-2.3-api` | Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:5.8::el7 | All versions | 0:9.0.87-3.redhat_00003.1.el7jws | | `jws5-tomcat-lib` | Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:5.8::el7 | All versions | 0:9.0.87-3.redhat_00003.1.el7jws | | `jws5-tomcat-selinux` | Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:5.8::el7 | All versions | 0:9.0.87-3.redhat_00003.1.el7jws | | `jws5-tomcat-servlet-4.0-api` | Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:5.8::el7 | All versions | 0:9.0.87-3.redhat_00003.1.el7jws | | `jws5-tomcat-webapps` | Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:5.8::el7 | All versions | 0:9.0.87-3.redhat_00003.1.el7jws | | `jws5-tomcat` | Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:5.8::el8 | All versions | 0:9.0.87-3.redhat_00003.1.el8jws | | `jws5-tomcat-admin-webapps` | Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:5.8::el8 | All versions | 0:9.0.87-3.redhat_00003.1.el8jws | | `jws5-tomcat-docs-webapp` | Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:5.8::el8 | All versions | 0:9.0.87-3.redhat_00003.1.el8jws | | `jws5-tomcat-el-3.0-api` | Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:5.8::el8 | All versions | 0:9.0.87-3.redhat_00003.1.el8jws | | `jws5-tomcat-javadoc` | Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:5.8::el8 | All versions | 0:9.0.87-3.redhat_00003.1.el8jws | | `jws5-tomcat-jsp-2.3-api` | Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:5.8::el8 | All versions | 0:9.0.87-3.redhat_00003.1.el8jws | | `jws5-tomcat-lib` | Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:5.8::el8 | All versions | 0:9.0.87-3.redhat_00003.1.el8jws | | `jws5-tomcat-selinux` | Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:5.8::el8 | All versions | 0:9.0.87-3.redhat_00003.1.el8jws | | `jws5-tomcat-servlet-4.0-api` | Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:5.8::el8 | All versions | 0:9.0.87-3.redhat_00003.1.el8jws | | `jws5-tomcat-webapps` | Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:5.8::el8 | All versions | 0:9.0.87-3.redhat_00003.1.el8jws | | `jws5-tomcat` | Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:5.8::el9 | All versions | 0:9.0.87-3.redhat_00003.1.el9jws | Products: Apache Tomcat, Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora. ## How do I fix CVE-2024-23672? Upgrade org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-websocket to a fixed version for your release line: 10.1.19, 11.0.0-M17, 8.5.99 or 9.0.86. ## Is CVE-2024-23672 being exploited? There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-23672 in the wild and no public exploit code. ## Other vulnerabilities in Apache Tomcat - [CVE-2025-24813](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-24813/): Apache Tomcat Path Equivalence (critical 10.0, exploited in the wild) - [CVE-2016-8735](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8735/): Apache Tomcat Remote Code Execution (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild) - [CVE-2017-12617](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-12617/): Apache Tomcat Remote Code Execution (high 8.1, exploited in the wild) - [CVE-2017-12615](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-12615/): Apache Tomcat on Windows Remote Code Execution (high 8.1, exploited in the wild) - [CVE-2026-34486](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-34486/): Apache Tomcat Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data (high 7.5, exploited in the wild) ## Fix prompt for AI coding agents ```text Check this codebase for CVE-2024-23672 and fix it if it is affected. What it is: CVE-2024-23672 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apache Tomcat, published on 13 Mar 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim. Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-23672 in the wild and no public exploit code. Affected packages and fixed versions: - org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-websocket (Maven): affected from 10.1.0-M1; fixed in 10.1.19 - org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-websocket (Maven): affected from 10.1.0-M1; fixed in 10.1.19 - org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-websocket (Maven): affected from 11.0.0-M1; fixed in 11.0.0-M17 - org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-websocket (Maven): affected from 11.0.0-M1; fixed in 11.0.0-M17 - org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-websocket (Maven): affected from 8.5.0; fixed in 8.5.99 - org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-websocket (Maven): affected from 8.5.0; fixed in 8.5.99 - org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-websocket (Maven): affected from 9.0.0-M1; fixed in 9.0.86 - org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-websocket (Maven): affected from 9.0.0-M1; fixed in 9.0.86 - tomcat (Bitnami): affected from 8.5.0; fixed in 8.5.99, 9.0.86, 10.1.19 - org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-websocket (Maven): affected from 10.1.0-M1; fixed in 10.1.19 - org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-websocket (Maven): affected from 10.1.0-M1; fixed in 10.1.19 - org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-websocket (Maven): affected from 11.0.0-M1; fixed in 11.0.0-M17 Task: 1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies. 2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it. 3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead. 4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why. 5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing. Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23672/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23672/index.md) ``` ## Sources - CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-23672 - NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23672 - OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-23672 --- From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23672/ Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.