Vulnerabilities / CVE-2018-8014

critical

CVE-2018-8014

tomcat: Insecure defaults in CORS filter enable 'supportsCredentials' for all origins

Published Modified CWE 1188
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GHSA9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat5.7CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD, GHSA, Photon OS. Rated lower by AlmaLinux (high), Amazon (high), Rocky Linux (high), Red Hat (medium), Oracle (medium), Ubuntu (low).

Description

The defaults settings for the CORS filter provided in Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.8, 8.5.0 to 8.5.31, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.52, 7.0.41 to 7.0.88 are insecure and enable 'supportsCredentials' for all origins. It is expected that users of the CORS filter will have configured it appropriately for their environment rather than using it in the default configuration. Therefore, it is expected that most users will not be impacted by this issue.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
maven::GitHub Security Advisory Mavenorg.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core9.0.9, 8.5.32, 8.0.53, 7.0.88
Photon OS 1.0apache-tomcat8.5.31-2.ph1
Photon OS 2.0apache-tomcat8.5.31-3.ph2
Photon OS 3.0apache-tomcat8.5.37-1.ph3
alma 8pki-deps:10.6::apache-commons-collections, pki-deps:10.6::apache-commons-lang, pki-deps:10.6::bea-stax-api and 22 more3.2.2-10.module_el8.5.0+150+5f0dbea0 and 20 more
amazon linux 1tomcat7, tomcat7-admin-webapps, tomcat7-docs-webapp and 27 more7.0.90-1.33.amzn1 and 2 more
amazon linux 2tomcat, tomcat-admin-webapps, tomcat-docs-webapp and 7 more7.0.76-10.amzn2.0.1
debian 8tomcat7, tomcat87.0.56-3+really7.0.88-1 and 1 more
debian 9tomcat88.5.50-0+deb9u1
Oracle Linux 7tomcat, tomcat-admin-webapps, tomcat-docs-webapp and 7 more7.0.76-9.el7
Oracle Linux 8apache-commons-collections, apache-commons-lang, bea-stax-api and 30 more3.2.2-10.module+el8.0.0+5231+3e842911 and 22 more
Red Hatjws5-tomcat, tomcat7, tomcat7-admin-webapps and 10 moreno fix listed
Show all 163 entries from 21 sources
SourcePackageFixed in
maven::GitHub Security Advisory Mavenorg.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core9.0.9, 8.5.32, 8.0.53, 7.0.88
Photon OS 1.0apache-tomcat8.5.31-2.ph1
Photon OS 2.0apache-tomcat8.5.31-3.ph2
Photon OS 3.0apache-tomcat8.5.37-1.ph3
alma 8pki-deps:10.6::apache-commons-collections3.2.2-10.module_el8.5.0+150+5f0dbea0
alma 8pki-deps:10.6::apache-commons-lang2.6-21.module_el8.5.0+150+5f0dbea0
alma 8pki-deps:10.6::bea-stax-api1.2.0-16.module_el8.5.0+150+5f0dbea0
alma 8pki-deps:10.6::glassfish-fastinfoset1.2.13-9.module_el8.5.0+150+5f0dbea0
alma 8pki-deps:10.6::glassfish-jaxb-api2.2.12-8.module_el8.5.0+150+5f0dbea0
alma 8pki-deps:10.6::glassfish-jaxb-core2.2.11-11.module_el8.5.0+150+5f0dbea0
alma 8pki-deps:10.6::glassfish-jaxb-runtime2.2.11-11.module_el8.5.0+150+5f0dbea0
alma 8pki-deps:10.6::glassfish-jaxb-txw22.2.11-11.module_el8.5.0+150+5f0dbea0
alma 8pki-deps:10.6::jackson-module-jaxb-annotations2.7.6-4.module_el8.5.0+150+5f0dbea0
alma 8pki-deps:10.6::jakarta-commons-httpclient1:3.1-28.module_el8.5.0+150+5f0dbea0
alma 8pki-deps:10.6::javassist3.18.1-8.module_el8.5.0+150+5f0dbea0
alma 8pki-deps:10.6::javassist-javadoc3.18.1-8.module_el8.5.0+150+5f0dbea0
alma 8pki-deps:10.6::python-nss-doc1.0.1-10.module_el8.5.0+2577+9e95fe00.alma
alma 8pki-deps:10.6::python3-nss1.0.1-10.module_el8.5.0+2577+9e95fe00.alma
alma 8pki-deps:10.6::relaxngDatatype2011.1-7.module_el8.5.0+150+5f0dbea0
alma 8pki-deps:10.6::slf4j1.7.25-4.module_el8.5.0+2577+9e95fe00
alma 8pki-deps:10.6::slf4j-jdk141.7.25-4.module_el8.5.0+150+5f0dbea0
alma 8pki-deps:10.6::stax-ex1.7.7-8.module_el8.5.0+150+5f0dbea0
alma 8pki-deps:10.6::velocity1.7-24.module_el8.5.0+150+5f0dbea0
alma 8pki-deps:10.6::xalan-j22.7.1-38.module_el8.5.0+150+5f0dbea0
alma 8pki-deps:10.6::xerces-j22.11.0-34.module_el8.5.0+150+5f0dbea0
alma 8pki-deps:10.6::xml-commons-apis1.4.01-25.module_el8.5.0+150+5f0dbea0
alma 8pki-deps:10.6::xml-commons-resolver1.2-26.module_el8.5.0+150+5f0dbea0
alma 8pki-deps:10.6::xmlstreambuffer1.5.4-8.module_el8.5.0+150+5f0dbea0
alma 8pki-deps:10.6::xsom0-19.20110809svn.module_el8.5.0+150+5f0dbea0
amazon linux 1tomcat77.0.90-1.33.amzn1
amazon linux 1tomcat7-admin-webapps7.0.90-1.33.amzn1
amazon linux 1tomcat7-docs-webapp7.0.90-1.33.amzn1
amazon linux 1tomcat7-el-2.2-api7.0.90-1.33.amzn1
amazon linux 1tomcat7-javadoc7.0.90-1.33.amzn1
amazon linux 1tomcat7-jsp-2.2-api7.0.90-1.33.amzn1
amazon linux 1tomcat7-lib7.0.90-1.33.amzn1
amazon linux 1tomcat7-log4j7.0.90-1.33.amzn1
amazon linux 1tomcat7-servlet-3.0-api7.0.90-1.33.amzn1
amazon linux 1tomcat7-webapps7.0.90-1.33.amzn1
amazon linux 1tomcat88.5.32-1.78.amzn1
amazon linux 1tomcat8-admin-webapps8.5.32-1.78.amzn1
amazon linux 1tomcat8-docs-webapp8.5.32-1.78.amzn1
amazon linux 1tomcat8-el-3.0-api8.5.32-1.78.amzn1
amazon linux 1tomcat8-javadoc8.5.32-1.78.amzn1
amazon linux 1tomcat8-jsp-2.3-api8.5.32-1.78.amzn1
amazon linux 1tomcat8-lib8.5.32-1.78.amzn1
amazon linux 1tomcat8-log4j8.5.32-1.78.amzn1
amazon linux 1tomcat8-servlet-3.1-api8.5.32-1.78.amzn1
amazon linux 1tomcat8-webapps8.5.32-1.78.amzn1
amazon linux 1tomcat808.0.53-1.80.amzn1
amazon linux 1tomcat80-admin-webapps8.0.53-1.80.amzn1
amazon linux 1tomcat80-docs-webapp8.0.53-1.80.amzn1
amazon linux 1tomcat80-el-3.0-api8.0.53-1.80.amzn1
amazon linux 1tomcat80-javadoc8.0.53-1.80.amzn1
amazon linux 1tomcat80-jsp-2.3-api8.0.53-1.80.amzn1
amazon linux 1tomcat80-lib8.0.53-1.80.amzn1
amazon linux 1tomcat80-log4j8.0.53-1.80.amzn1
amazon linux 1tomcat80-servlet-3.1-api8.0.53-1.80.amzn1
amazon linux 1tomcat80-webapps8.0.53-1.80.amzn1
amazon linux 2tomcat7.0.76-10.amzn2.0.1
amazon linux 2tomcat-admin-webapps7.0.76-10.amzn2.0.1
amazon linux 2tomcat-docs-webapp7.0.76-10.amzn2.0.1
amazon linux 2tomcat-el-2.2-api7.0.76-10.amzn2.0.1
amazon linux 2tomcat-javadoc7.0.76-10.amzn2.0.1
amazon linux 2tomcat-jsp-2.2-api7.0.76-10.amzn2.0.1
amazon linux 2tomcat-jsvc7.0.76-10.amzn2.0.1
amazon linux 2tomcat-lib7.0.76-10.amzn2.0.1
amazon linux 2tomcat-servlet-3.0-api7.0.76-10.amzn2.0.1
amazon linux 2tomcat-webapps7.0.76-10.amzn2.0.1
debian 8tomcat77.0.56-3+really7.0.88-1
debian 8tomcat88.0.14-1+deb8u15
debian 9tomcat88.5.50-0+deb9u1
Oracle Linux 7tomcat7.0.76-9.el7
Oracle Linux 7tomcat-admin-webapps7.0.76-9.el7
Oracle Linux 7tomcat-docs-webapp7.0.76-9.el7
Oracle Linux 7tomcat-el-2.2-api7.0.76-9.el7
Oracle Linux 7tomcat-javadoc7.0.76-9.el7
Oracle Linux 7tomcat-jsp-2.2-api7.0.76-9.el7
Oracle Linux 7tomcat-jsvc7.0.76-9.el7
Oracle Linux 7tomcat-lib7.0.76-9.el7
Oracle Linux 7tomcat-servlet-3.0-api7.0.76-9.el7
Oracle Linux 7tomcat-webapps7.0.76-9.el7
Oracle Linux 8apache-commons-collections3.2.2-10.module+el8.0.0+5231+3e842911
Oracle Linux 8apache-commons-lang2.6-21.module+el8.0.0+5231+3e842911
Oracle Linux 8bea-stax-api1.2.0-16.module+el8.0.0+5231+3e842911
Oracle Linux 8glassfish-fastinfoset1.2.13-9.module+el8.0.0+5231+3e842911
Oracle Linux 8glassfish-jaxb-api2.2.12-8.module+el8.0.0+5231+3e842911
Oracle Linux 8glassfish-jaxb-core2.2.11-11.module+el8.0.0+5231+3e842911
Oracle Linux 8glassfish-jaxb-runtime2.2.11-11.module+el8.0.0+5231+3e842911
Oracle Linux 8glassfish-jaxb-txw22.2.11-11.module+el8.0.0+5231+3e842911
Oracle Linux 8jackson-annotations2.9.8-1.module+el8.0.0+5231+3e842911
Oracle Linux 8jackson-core2.9.8-1.module+el8.0.0+5231+3e842911
Oracle Linux 8jackson-databind2.9.8-1.module+el8.0.0+5231+3e842911
Oracle Linux 8jackson-jaxrs-json-provider2.9.8-1.module+el8.0.0+5231+3e842911
Oracle Linux 8jackson-jaxrs-providers2.9.8-1.module+el8.0.0+5231+3e842911
Oracle Linux 8jackson-module-jaxb-annotations2.7.6-4.module+el8.0.0+5231+3e842911
Oracle Linux 8jakarta-commons-httpclient1:3.1-28.module+el8.0.0+5231+3e842911
Oracle Linux 8javassist3.18.1-8.module+el8.0.0+5231+3e842911
Oracle Linux 8javassist-javadoc3.18.1-8.module+el8.0.0+5231+3e842911
Oracle Linux 8pki-servlet-4.0-api1:9.0.7-14.module+el8.0.0+5231+3e842911
Oracle Linux 8pki-servlet-container1:9.0.7-14.module+el8.0.0+5231+3e842911
Oracle Linux 8python-nss-doc1.0.1-10.module+el8.0.0+5231+3e842911
Oracle Linux 8python3-nss1.0.1-10.module+el8.0.0+5231+3e842911
Oracle Linux 8relaxngDatatype2011.1-7.module+el8.0.0+5231+3e842911
Oracle Linux 8resteasy3.0.26-3.module+el8.0.0+5231+3e842911
Oracle Linux 8slf4j1.7.25-4.module+el8.0.0+5231+3e842911
Oracle Linux 8slf4j-jdk141.7.25-4.module+el8.0.0+5231+3e842911
Oracle Linux 8stax-ex1.7.7-8.module+el8.0.0+5231+3e842911
Oracle Linux 8velocity1.7-24.module+el8.0.0+5231+3e842911
Oracle Linux 8xalan-j22.7.1-38.module+el8.0.0+5231+3e842911
Oracle Linux 8xerces-j22.11.0-34.module+el8.0.0+5231+3e842911
Oracle Linux 8xml-commons-apis1.4.01-25.module+el8.0.0+5231+3e842911
Oracle Linux 8xml-commons-resolver1.2-26.module+el8.0.0+5231+3e842911
Oracle Linux 8xmlstreambuffer1.5.4-8.module+el8.0.0+5231+3e842911
Oracle Linux 8xsom0-19.20110809svn.module+el8.0.0+5231+3e842911
Red Hatjws5-tomcatno fix listed
Red Hattomcat7no fix listed
Red Hattomcat7-admin-webappsno fix listed
Red Hattomcat7-docs-webappno fix listed
Red Hattomcat7-el-1.0-apino fix listed
Red Hattomcat7-el-2.2-apino fix listed
Red Hattomcat7-javadocno fix listed
Red Hattomcat7-jsp-2.2-apino fix listed
Red Hattomcat7-libno fix listed
Red Hattomcat7-log4jno fix listed
Red Hattomcat7-maven-develno fix listed
Red Hattomcat7-servlet-3.0-apino fix listed
Red Hattomcat7-webappsno fix listed
rocky 8maven:3.5::slf4j1.7.25-4.module+el8.3.0+133+b8b54b58
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rocky 8pki-deps:10.6::bea-stax-api1.2.0-16.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990
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rocky 8pki-deps:10.6::jakarta-commons-httpclient1:3.1-28.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990
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rocky 8pki-deps:10.6::python3-nss1.0.1-10.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990
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ubuntu 14.04tomcat77.0.52-1ubuntu0.14
ubuntu 14.04-ESMtomcat77.0.52-1ubuntu0.14
ubuntu 16.04tomcat88.0.32-1ubuntu1.6
ubuntu 16.04-ESMtomcat88.0.32-1ubuntu1.6
ubuntu 17.10tomcat88.5.21-1ubuntu1.1
ubuntu 18.04tomcat88.5.30-1ubuntu1.2
ubuntu 18.04-ESMtomcat88.5.30-1ubuntu1.2
ubuntu 18.10tomcat88.5.30-1ubuntu3

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