CVE-2008-0128
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 19.6%EU EUVD
The SingleSignOn Valve (org.apache.catalina.authenticator.SingleSignOn) in Apache Tomcat before 5.5.21 does not set the secure flag for the JSESSIONIDSSO cookie in an https session, which can cause the cookie to be sent in http requests and make it easier for remote attackers to capture this cookie.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-16
- EPSS score
- 19.6% (97th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-0141)
- Published
- January 23, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-0141 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apache / tomcat
References
- http://community.ca.com/blogs/casecurityresponseblog/archive/2009/01/23.aspx
- http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=41217(Patch)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00001.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0630.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28549(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28552(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29242
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31493
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33668
- http://security-tracker.debian.net/tracker/CVE-2008-0128
- http://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=197540
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1468
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0261.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500396/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500412/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27365
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0192
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0233
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39804
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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