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CVE-2021-30640

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-30640 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting Apache Tomcat versions 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.5, 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.45, and 8.5.0 to 8.5.65, as well as products from Debian and Oracle. This flaw in the JNDI Realm allows attackers to authenticate with variations of valid usernames or bypass LockOut Realm protections. With a CVSS score of 6.5, this network-based attack has high complexity but requires no user interaction, potentially leading to low confidentiality and high integrity impacts. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 7.0.0, < 7.0.109CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 8.5.0, < 8.5.66CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 9.0.0, < 9.0.46CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 10.0.0, < 10.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.14.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_cloud_native_core_policy:1.14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
4.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
9.89%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0989 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (13)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.tomcat:tomcatFixed in: 8.5.65
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.tomcat:tomcatFixed in: 10.0.5
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.tomcat:tomcatFixed in: 9.0.45
oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.6 on RHEL 7Fixed in: jws5-tomcat-native-0:1.2.30-3.redhat_3.el7jws
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.6 on RHEL 7Fixed in: jws5-tomcat-vault-0:1.1.8-4.Final_redhat_00004.1.el7jws
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.6 on RHEL 8Fixed in: jws5-tomcat-0:9.0.50-3.redhat_00004.1.el8jws
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.6 on RHEL 8Fixed in: jws5-tomcat-native-0:1.2.30-3.redhat_3.el8jws
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.6 on RHEL 8Fixed in: jws5-tomcat-vault-0:1.1.8-4.Final_redhat_00004.1.el8jws
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Support for Spring Boot 2.5.10Fixed in: tomcat
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Fuse 7.11Fixed in: tomcat
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5Fixed in: tomcat
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.6 on RHEL 7Fixed in: jws5-tomcat-0:9.0.50-3.redhat_00004.1.el7jws
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Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-36qh-35cm-5w2wmedium

Authentication Bypass by Alternate Name in Apache Tomcat

Aug 13, 2021
redhatCVE-2021-30640Low

tomcat: JNDI realm authentication weakness

Jul 12, 2021

References

lists.apache.org / thread.html/r59f9ef03929d32120f91f4ea7e6e79edd5688d75d0a9b65fd26d1fe8%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E
Mailing ListVendor Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2021/08/msg00009.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202208-34
Third Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20210827-0007
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2021/dsa-4952
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2021/dsa-4986
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
oracle.com / /security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
PatchThird Party Advisory