CVE-2017-7675: Apache Tomcat

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 10.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The HTTP/2 implementation in Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M21 and 8.5.0 to 8.5.15 bypassed a number of security checks that prevented directory traversal attacks. It was therefore possible to bypass security constraints using a specially crafted URL.

Affected products

• Apache Tomcat: version 8.5.0 only; version 8.5.1 only; version 8.5.2 only; version 8.5.3 only; version 8.5.4 only; version 8.5.5 only; …

Published 2017-08-11. Last modified 2026-06-17.