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CVE-2024-34750VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: tomcat security update

Affects Red Hat tomcatSource GCVE Database

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Mentioned vulnerabilities

Authoritative record:CVE-2024-34750· High 7.5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.5 High : upgrade the Red Hat redhat/tomcat package to 8.8.3 soon.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 09:15 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.5High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
4.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 91% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 8.8.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 3 Jul 2024

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade the Red Hat redhat/tomcat package to 8.8.3.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Red Hatredhat/tomcatpkg:rpm/redhat/tomcatOther threatsAffected
  • <8.8.3
Fixed in
  • 8.8.3

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AI-suggested

A patch is available and should be applied by updating to the fixed Tomcat packages (9.0.87-1.el8_8.3) provided by Red Hat for Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support. Refer to the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2024:5695 and the update instructions at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 for detailed remediation steps.

Description

Red Hat has issued a security advisory for Apache Tomcat addressing two vulnerabilities: CVE-2024-34750 involving improper handling of exceptional conditions, and CVE-2024-38286 related to denial of service. These vulnerabilities affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support versions of Tomcat. The update is rated as Important by Red Hat Product Security. A patch is available to remediate these issues.

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