The URL pattern of "" (the empty string) which exactly maps to the context root was not correctly handled in Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.4, 8.5.0 to 8.5.27, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.49 and 7.0.0 to 7.0.84 when used as part of a security constraint definition. This caused the constraint to be ignored. It was, therefore, possible for unauthorised users to gain access to web application resources that should have been protected. Only security constraints with a URL pattern of the empty string were affected.
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: apache
Published: 2018-02-28T20:00:00.000Z
Updated: 2026-10-15T17:31:46.613Z
Reserved: 2017-12-07T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2018-1304
Updated: 2024-08-05T03:59:37.867Z
Status : Modified
Published: 2018-02-28T20:29:00.227
Modified: 2026-10-15T18:17:18.790
Link: CVE-2018-1304